Dr. Stuart Hilwig, Adams State University professor of History, was killed in an auto accident in northern New Mexico on Sunday, October 28^th. He is survived by his wife, Dr. Stephanie Hilwig, Adams State associate professor of Sociology, and their three children, Xandra, Jack and Charlie. Stuart or “Stu”, as his friends knew him, earned his B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1991 and a Ph.D. in History from Ohio State University in 2000. Raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, he became interested in European History due to his experiences as an exchange student to Germany and while working for Sicilian immigrants in a pizzeria. He joined the Adams State faculty in 2000. His book Italy and 1968: Youthful Unrest and Democratic Culture was published in 2009 by Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan and is currently being translated into Italian.

The following website honors Stu and helps his memory live on, http://stuarthilwig.com/