Lou Tanner

Lou Tanner

History

Mr. Lou Tanner has been teaching History and Government at Renaissance School since its founding in 1999. After first receiving a B. A. from University of Virginia in 1975, he later studied Russian, European, and American History in graduate school. Along the way he took or audited courses in numerous other fields as well, including Ancient, Middle Eastern, and South and East Asian History. Within a somewhat narrow range he reads widely, with interests tending to history, travel writing, biography, current affairs, and non-fiction in general. With wife Stephanie, whom he met while backpacking in Australia light years ago, he enjoys traveling, gardening (mostly as an armchair hobby—it is her passion), reading, hiking, and birdwatching. In addition, he speaks Russian and French—though only passingly—and has a smattering of Spanish and Latin. Extensive travel in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia—where he also lived for almost five years—has only deepened an abiding conviction that the study of History is not only essential, it is also—dare it be said—fun.