Don Schilling, Professor of History, has had the pleasure of working with generations of Denison students since his arrival on the campus in 1971 from the University of Wisconsin. His research and teaching have largely focused on German history, and more specifically on the historiography of World War II and the Holocaust. In 1998 he edited and wrote the introduction to Teaching the Holocaust in a Changing World, volume II in the Lessons and Legacies series published by Northwestern University Press. His historiographical essays have appeared in World War II in Europe, Africa and the Americas; The Holocaust and Justice; Perspectives on the Holocaust: A Guide for Teachers and Scholars; and in various scholarly journals. His most recent scholarship, however, has investigated the history of Granville in the first half of the 20th century. His three chapters on this period appeared in Granville, Ohio: A Study in Continuity and Change, Volume I, A Purpose, A Plan, A Place, published for the 2005 bicentennial of the village. Schilling is currently working on a project that unites his study of the Holocaust with local history by addressing the topic, “What did we know and when did we know it?  Knowledge of the Holocaust in Central Ohio, 1939-1945.” Strongly committed to service, Schilling has twice been chair of the history department and of the Denison faculty. He also served as the dean of first-year students (where he was known to students as "Dean Don of Doane") from 1997 to 2002. He returned to administration for 2006-07 to serve as Associate Provost. The voice of the women's basketball team and a member of the Concert Choir for almost two decades, Schilling held the Charles and Nancy Brickman Distinguished Service Chair, from 2004 to 2007.