Richard Aquila (Buffalo, NY) is professor emeritus of history and American Studies at Penn State University and the former host of NPR's Rock & Roll America. He is the author of The Sagebrush Trail: Western Movies and Twentieth-Century America and Let's Rock! How 1950s America Created Elvis and the Rock & Roll Craze.
Sponsoring Organization: International Public Policy AssociationAward Level: Winner| Award Year: 2025Winner(s): A Government of Insiders: The People Who Made the Affordable Care Act Possible, by William Genieys
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