John Gurda is an eight-time winner of the Wisconsin Historical Society's Award of Merit.
13 Facts About John Gurda
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John Gurda is a local history columnist for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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John Gurda graduated Marquette University High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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John Gurda has been described as a non-academic historian and is widely regarded as one of the most prolific historians of Milwaukee.
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John Gurda is the author of twenty-two books, including histories of Milwaukee-area neighborhoods, industries, and places of worship.
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John Gurda received his first corporate commission in 1981 from Northwestern Mutual.
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John Gurda grew his professional profile through works for a variety of nonprofit and community organizations in Milwaukee.
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The City of Milwaukee put out a popular series of neighborhood posters for which John Gurda wrote descriptions and histories.
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Since 1994, John Gurda has written a local history column in the Sunday edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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John Gurda published a companion piece to The Making of Milwaukee called Milwaukee: City of Neighborhoods.
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In December 2022, John Gurda announced that he would be stepping away from his role as a columnist for the newspaper.
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John Gurda was born and raised on the South Side of Milwaukee.
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John Gurda was one of four children, his sister Susie died in a car crash in 1968.