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49 AN T I OC H CO L L E G E C L A S S O F 19 6 5 5 0 t h A N N I V E R S A R Y B O O K A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z G E R T E I S GERTEIS LOUIS S. FAMI LY 4 Wife, Janice Parker 4 Daughters, Jessie and Emily 4 Sons, Joseph and Alexander CONTACT gerteis@umsl.edu After graduating fromAntioch in 1965, I attended graduate school at the University ofWisconsin-Madison and completed my Ph.D. inAmerican History in 1969. In the fall of that year, I joined the history faculty at the newly-established University of Missouri-St. Louis as an assistant pro- fessor. I became an associate profes- sor in 1974 and a full professor in 1987. My teaching and research fo- cused on slavery, emancipation and the CivilWar. I currently serve as his- tory department chair, a responsibil- ity I also assumed in 1979–82 and 2000–06. Over the years I have authored four books and numerous articles, book chapters and book reviews. From Contraband to Freedman: Federal Policy toward Southern Blacks, 1861– 1865 (1973) is my most widely cited work. Morality and Utility in American Antislavery Reform (1987) is, I think, my best book. Civil War St. Louis (2001) is my most widely read work. The Civil War in Missouri: A Military History (2012) is my contribution to the Civil War historiography of my native state: Missouri was central to federal military victory, not simply a region torn asunder by guerrilla warfare. I have two children from my first marriage (to GretchenVanVeen, Antioch class of 1966): Joseph, a pro- fessor of sociology at the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, and Jessie, a medical researcher in Boston. I also have two children from my second marriage (to my current wife, Janice Parker): Emily, a nurse practitioner in NewYork City, and Alexander, a law- yer in Chicago. I am committed to serve as his- tory department chair through the 2016–17 academic year. After that I look forward to a staged retire- ment that will allow me to teach a bit for a few more years. In retire- ment, I plan to write a book on the Missouri Compromise from its adop- tion by Congress in 1820 through the decision by the Supreme Court to overturn that legislation in the Dred Scott decision of 1857. Jan and I look forward to hav- ing more time to visit children and grandchildren.We also look forward to some new adventures on our own.