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Biography"VAN TASSEL, DAVID D. (29 March 1928 -3 June 2000) was the founder of HISTORY DAY and senior editor of The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Van Tassel was born in Binghamton, New York, to Etta May Strathie Van Tassel and Dr. Walter Raymond Van Tassel. He studied at Cherry Lawn School in Darien, Connecticut, and received his B.A. in 1950 from Dartmouth. He went on to the University of Wisconsin where he studied with Merle Curti and received his doctorate in history in 1955."--https://case.edu/ech/articles/v/van-tassel-david-d
