Roald Tweet

Roald Tweet (1933–2020)[1] was a professor of English at Augustana College[2] and a historian of the upper Mississippi River.[3] Tweet was the husband of Margaret Tweet, the brother of David Tweet, father of Randall Tweet, Gretchen O'Brien, and Jonathan Tweet. Roald also was a grandfather and a great grandfather. Tweet was part of the Agustin's Historical Society, St. John's Lutheran Church, Contemporary Club, Eagle Scouts, and a member of Sons of Norway. He earned a master's degree in English and a Ph.D. in American Literature from the University of Chicago.[4] He created three-minute vignettes about local history for his radio series, "Rock Island Lines," which earned the Illinois Humanities Council's Lawrence W. Towner Award in 2001.[2] He earned the Studs Terkel Humanities Service Award in 2006.[3] His published books include History of Transportation on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers,[4] A History of the Rock Island District Corps of Engineers, 1866-1983,[2] and The Quad Cities: An American Mosaic.[2] In 2014 he began co-hosting the writing-related radio show Scribble.[5] He was known as a whittler, and his little wooden birds were popular on Augustana campus.[6]

Roald Tweet in 2010

References
  1. Obituaries, The Rock Island Dispatch Argus, Nov. 6, 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020
  2. Studs Terkel Humanities Service Award bio
  3. Willard, John. "Roald Tweet receives Studs Terkel award." Quad-City Times, October 20, 2006. read online.
  4. Tweet, Roald D. The Quad Cities: An American mosaic. East Hall Press. 1996.
  5. Scribble on WVIK
  6. Johnson, Larry. "Whittling." WOOD Magazine, September 1992.


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