Remembering the Department of History's faculty members
Note that this list may not be exhaustive. Links to obituaries and articles are included where possible. If you find errors or omissions in the list, please email histmain@uw.edu.
| NAME | YEARS WITH DEPARTMENT | FIELD OF STUDY |
| Alden, Dauril | 1959-2003 | Latin America and comparative colonialism |
| Bacharach, Jere | 1968-2023 | Islamic Studies, Middle East, Numismatics, Ottoman Empire |
| Behlmer, George | 1979-2020 | Modern Britain, social history of family |
| Bergquist, Charles | 1989-2020 | Latin American history, global labor history |
| Bell, Aldon Duane | 1969-1992 | Nineteenth century Britain, Women's history |
| Bestor, Arthur | 1962-1994 | Constitutional law |
| Boba, Imre | 1962-1996 | European history |
| Bridgman, Jon | 1961-2015 | Modern European history |
| Butow, Robert | 1960-2017 | U.S.-Japan relations |
| Burke, Robert | 1957-1998 | Pacific Northwest history, labor history |
| Camp, Stephanie | 2010-2014 | African American history |
| Carstensen, Vernon | 1964-1992 | African American history |
| Costigan, Giovanni | 1934-1990 | Irish and English history |
| Dahlin, Ebba | 1922-1936 | |
| Dobie, Edith | 1926-1957 | Great Britain |
| Dull, Jack | 1963-1995 | Han dynasty |
| Ellison, Herbert | 1968-2012 | Soviet and post-Soviet studies |
| Emerson, Donald | 1946-1995 | 20th century European history |
| Freidel, Frank | 1981-1993 | U.S. history |
| Griffiths, Gordon | 1959-2001 | Renaissance, Reformation, and Dutch history |
| Holt, Stull | 1940-1981 | Military history |
| Hufbauer, Karl | ? - 2020 | History of science |
| Kaminsky, Howard | 1957-2014 | Late European medieval history |
| Katz, Solomon | 1936-1989 | Byzantine history |
| Kirkendall, Richard | 1988-1998 | U.S. history |
| Lytl, Scott | 1949-1990 | French history, medieval and modern European history |
| McMahon, Edward | ||
| Meany, Edmond | 1894-1935 | Forestry, American history, and Pacific Northwest history |
| Nash, Linda | 20th century American and environmental history | |
| Palais, James | 1968-2006 | Korean studies |
| Pease, Otis | 1966-2010 | 20th century American history |
| Pinckney, David | 1967-1984 | French history |
| Pressly, Thomas | 1949-2012 | Civil War history |
| Quainton, Cecil Eden | European history | |
| Rorabaugh, William | 1976-2020 | U.S. history |
| Saum, Lewis | 1965-1998 | U.S. intellectual history |
| Savelle, Max | 1947-1979 | American colonial history |
| Szeftel, Marc | 1962-1985 | Russian history |
| Solberg, Carl | 1966-1985 | Latin American and Canadian history |
| Sugar, Peter | 1959-1999 | European and Ottoman history |
| Treadgold, Donald | 1949-1994 | Russian history |
| Ullman, Joan | 1966-1995 | Spanish history |