death_place death_date birth_place nationality fields workplaces birth_date known_for article_title name alma_mater
iowa city , iowa 13 june 2011 wheeling , west virginia american legal studies , sociology university of iowa june 23 , 1935 `` baldus study '' david c. baldus
 david c. baldus yale law school university of pittsburgh dartmouth college
david c. baldus

david christopher baldus -lrb- june 23 , 1935 -- june 13 , 2011 -rrb- was a joseph b. tye professor of law at the university of iowa .
he held the position from 1969 until his death in 2011 .
his research focused on law and social science and he conducted extensive research on the death penalty in the united states .
