David Wrone
Encyclopedia
David R. Wrone is a retired Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
(UWSP) who taught reform history, the Great Books of Western Civilization
, Indian
history, and the JFK assassination.
in his law work, and as a wee young boy he met men and women who had known him. David R. Wrone lives in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. He is married and has a son and a daughter. He was Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point from 1964 to 1997.
In the JFK assassination area David R. Wrone has labored on it for 40 years, lecturing, teaching courses, numerous appearances on television and in documentaries, as well as participating in conferences, publishing a bibliography, and a documentary on a legal case "2052-73" in addition to the study of the history of the Zapruder Film
: Reframing the JFK Assassination and "argues persuasively for its authenticity."
He is one of several critics of Gerald Posner
's well-known JFK assassination book "Case Closed
" which Wrone blames for "massive numbers of factual errors" as well as off-base speculation.
David R. Wrone is on a board of directors of the Assassination Archives Research Board
, located in Silver Spring, Maryland, preparing for the 50th anniversary of JFK's murder by assassins unknown. He continues to research the subject.
David R. Wrone is also well versed on the Martin Luther King, Jr., assassination, having spoken, delivered papers, reviewed books, and participated in conferences on that subject. He holds that authorities in a political decision framed James Ray
for the crime in the face of overwhelming, definitive evidence to his innocence.
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
The University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point is a public university located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin...
(UWSP) who taught reform history, the Great Books of Western Civilization
Great Books of the Western World
Great Books of the Western World is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952 by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. to present the western canon in a single package of 54 volumes. The series is now in its second edition and contains 60 volumes.-History:The project got its start...
, Indian
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
history, and the JFK assassination.
Biography
David R. Wrone was born on a farm in rural central Illinois near Clinton, in the area once traveled by Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...
in his law work, and as a wee young boy he met men and women who had known him. David R. Wrone lives in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. He is married and has a son and a daughter. He was Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point from 1964 to 1997.
Lecturing and Research
In the course of his academic life David R. Wrone taught, researched, published and gave many public lectures on the Indian tribes, served as expert witness in several lawsuits, hosted and directed traditional Indian art shows, especially their mistreatment by the American society. Mostly in retirement he taught on the three reservations of the State on their tribal histories.In the JFK assassination area David R. Wrone has labored on it for 40 years, lecturing, teaching courses, numerous appearances on television and in documentaries, as well as participating in conferences, publishing a bibliography, and a documentary on a legal case "2052-73" in addition to the study of the history of the Zapruder Film
Zapruder film
The Zapruder film is a silent, color motion picture sequence shot by private citizen Abraham Zapruder with a home-movie camera, asU.S. President John F...
: Reframing the JFK Assassination and "argues persuasively for its authenticity."
He is one of several critics of Gerald Posner
Gerald Posner
Gerald Posner is an investigative journalist and author of several books, including Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK which explores the John F...
's well-known JFK assassination book "Case Closed
Case Closed
Case Closed, known as in Japan, is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. The series is serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday since February 2, 1994, and has been collected in 73 tankōbon volumes as of September 2011...
" which Wrone blames for "massive numbers of factual errors" as well as off-base speculation.
David R. Wrone is on a board of directors of the Assassination Archives Research Board
Assassination Records Review Board
The Assassination Records Review Board was created as a result of an act passed by the US Congress in 1992, entitled the "President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act." The Act mandated the gathering and release of all US Government records related to the Assassination of John F....
, located in Silver Spring, Maryland, preparing for the 50th anniversary of JFK's murder by assassins unknown. He continues to research the subject.
David R. Wrone is also well versed on the Martin Luther King, Jr., assassination, having spoken, delivered papers, reviewed books, and participated in conferences on that subject. He holds that authorities in a political decision framed James Ray
James Ray
James Ray may refer to:*James Arthur Ray, professional speaker and author convicted of negligent homicide in 2011*James B. Ray , governor of Indiana*James Earl Ray , assassin of Martin Luther King Jr.*James Edwin Ray , U.S...
for the crime in the face of overwhelming, definitive evidence to his innocence.
Selected Books
- Who's the Savage? Mistreatment of the Native North Americans, with Russell S. Nelson, Fawcett 1973, Krieger Pub. 1982.
- The Freedom of Information Act and Political Assassination: The legal Proceedings of Harold Weisberg v. General Services Adminstiration, 1978.
- Lincoln: Democracy's Touchstone, 1979
- The Assassination of John F. Kennedy: A Comprehensive Historical and Legal Bibliography, 1963-1979, 1980.
- Two Assassinations : Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin. Meeting (37th: 1980 : Madison), Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress).
- The HSCA, the Zapruder Film, and the Single-Bullet Theory, 1993
- The Zapruder Film: Reframing the JFK Assassination, University Press of Kansas, 2003.