In 1964, Churchill Fellow Dr. William Parrish was a star in the history department at Westminster College.

In April of that year, on the occasion of the groundbreaking of the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library in the United States (now America's National Churchill Museum), Parrish was asked to give a lecture on the famous visit by Winston Churchill and Harry Truman to Westminster College, where Churchill gave his “Iron Curtain” Speech.

After Parrish’s recounting of the historic event, an older man approached the young professor with a broad smile on his face saying, “Young man, that’s exactly how it happened.”

It was Harry Truman.

Later, in 1971, Bill published a history of Westminster College, the small, Midwestern college with a global impact. He updated the book with a second edition in 2000 (history keeps happening, after all).

This year, Dr. Parrish has written Westminster College: An Informal History 1851-2021. This third edition brings Westminster’s extraordinary story current.

Few historians have the opportunity to study their subject for over six decades. Dr. Parrish is one of them. We invite you to pick up your own copy of an engaging history of what Truman famously called, “A wonderful school in my home state.”

Get your copy today from the Museum Shop.