Instructor: Thomas Donahue

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Credentials:  BA; MS; MA

How Long You Have Taught for OLLI:  New OLLI Instructor

Classes Taught for OLLI:   The Indian Wars; Huck Finn

Why I Love OLLI Members& Classes:  I enjoy learning forits own sale.  Several OLLI courses have stimulated new directions in my thinking and reading.

Fun Fact(s) About Me:  I have lived and worked in five countries and six states in this country. I am a restless and relentless traveler across the prairie, plains, and southwest of this country and a veteran of many archaeological expeditions.

Classes by this instructor


160 Grant, Lee, and the Final Year of the Civil War: A Nation Forged in Fire

This course will review the final crucible of the Civil War, the last and most relentless and violent year from the spring of 1864 until the surrender at Appomattox.
October 28, 2025 to November 18, 2025, Curtiss Hall, Room 129