- David Pietrusza is the author of a series of critically-acclaimed works detailing presidential electoral history.
He is also the winner of the CASEY award for his biography of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, "Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis."
His "Rothstein" was an Edgar Award finalist. His "Roosevelt Sweeps Nation" won the Independent Publisher Book (IPPY) Awards Silver Medal for US History; while his "1932" captured the IPPY Awards Bronze Medal for World History, and his "TR's Last War" won the IPPY Awards Silver Medal for US History.
Widely seen on such TV outlets as C-SPAN BookTV, C-SPAN American History TV, the Fox News Channel, the History Channel, MSNBC, ESPN, the MLB Network, the Fox Sports Channel, and Compound Media, he served as a regular panelist on FoxNews.com Live appearing with such hosts as Kimberly Guilfoyle.
- IMDb mini biography by: David Pietrusza
- Former president of the National Society for Baseball Research, and editor-in-chief of Total Sports, he has authored several baseball books including biographies of Kenesaw M. Landis and Arnold Rothstein.
- Pietrusza served on the Amsterdam, NY City Council and chaired its Public Works Committee.
- Until its purchase by the New York Mets, Pietrusza was a major shareholder in the International League's Syracuse Chiefs.
- In July 2018, David Pietrusza's book "1920: The Year of the Six President" was optioned by filmmaker Charlie Matthau (Walter Matthau's son) for a potential six-part television series to air in anticipation of the 2020 presidential election.
- Pietrusza is the Recipient of the 2011 Excellence in Arts & Letters Award of the Alumni Association of the University at Albany and a member of the initial induction class (2015) of the Greater Amsterdam (NY) School District Hall of Fame, winning entrance ahead of fellow Amsterdam native Kirk Douglas. At the NYS Governor's Office of Regulatory Reform, he won the "Director's Award for Exceptional Achievement.".
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