Robert H. Davis, 1939-2007 received a BA from Illinois College and an MA, PhD from Vanderbilt University. He was a senior member of the History Department, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, had directed its foreign studies center in Nottingham, England, and both its Latin American and International Studies programs on campus. He was a corresponding member of the Academia Columbiana de Historia (Bogota) and a noted Colombianist. He wrote a seminal work of bibliography entitled the Historical Dictionary of Colombia which is still a highly referenced work on the history and culture of the country.