David Mitchell Pletcher ((1920-06-14)June 14, 1920 – (2004-02-22)February 22, 2004) was an American historian, considered an expert in his field.
[2] Pletcher was born June 14, 1920, in Faribault, Minnesota[1] He attended the University of Chicago, earning three degrees in history: a B.A.
[1] Pletcher's initial academic post was as a history instructor at the University of Iowa, from 1944 to 1946.
He served as an associate professor, first at Knox College from 1946 to 1956, then at Hamline University from 1956 to 1965.
[7] In 1957, the American Historical Association awarded Pletcher the Albert J. Beveridge Award, given for the best book in English on the history of the United States, Latin America, or Canada from 1492 to the present, for his book Rails, Mines, and Progress: Seven American Promoters in Mexico.