Malcolm J. Rohrbough

Professor Emeritus
Biography

Malcolm Rohrbough is an authority on the American West, the days of the California gold rush, and the American frontier. Malcolm continues research on the French and the California Gold Rush.

He earned a PhD from the University of Wisconsin in 1963, joining the faculty at the University of Iowa shortly after. He retired from teaching at the University of Iowa in the spring of 2008.

Research area

  • History of the American West 
Malcolm Rohrbough
Education
University of Wisconsin - Madison