Mario De Pillis
Mario S. De Pillis (born 1926, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1]) is an emeritus professor of American Religious history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. De Pillis specializes in the history of such groups as the Latter-day Saints and Shakers. He was the second president of the Mormon History Association who was not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, any other Latter-day Saint movement church, or a former member of any such church.
De Pillis has a bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from Yale University.
De Pillis and his wife, the former Freda M. Rustemeyer, are the parents of three sons. De Pillis is a Catholic.[citation needed]
Sources[]
- ^ "Archives West: Mario S. De Pillis papers, 1957-2008". Retrieved 18 March 2017.
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