HENRY FRANKLIN GRAFF WAS AN AMERICAN HISTORIAN
WHO SERVED ON THE FACULTY OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FROM 1946 TO 1991; GRAFF SAID, “I TAUGHT AT COLUMBIA FOR 46 YEARS.
I TAUGHT EVERY SIGNIFICANT AMERICAN POLITICIAN THAT EVER STUDIED AT COLUMBIA.
I KNOW THEM ALL. I’M PROUD OF THEM ALL.
BETWEEN AMERICAN HISTORY AND DIPLOMATIC HISTORY, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, THEY ALL HAD TO COME THROUGH MY CLASSES.
NOT OBAMA. I NEVER HAD A STUDENT WITH THAT NAME IN ANY OF MY CLASSES. I NEVER MET HIM, NEVER SAW HIM, NEVER HEARD OF HIM.”
