Hal Rothman, chairman of the history department at UNLV, received the Harry Reid Silver State Research Award.


Years ago, TMQ read about Professor Hal Rothman of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, who was studying the sociology of Vegas stripper culture. This seemed a sensible idea; today, several million Americans enter striptease and lap-dancing clubs in Vegas in any year, or attend Vegas topless dance revues, which increasingly are marketed to couples. Why not study this? But what Rothman had done was create a perfectly legitimate reason to spend substantial amounts of time inside lap-dance lounges, interviewing beautiful women who take their clothes off for a living. TMQ decreed a Hal Rothman Award, which, for a few years, I gave to the man who invented the cleverest legitimate reason to gawk at naked babes, or the woman who invented the cleverest legitimate reason to gawk at shirtless hunks. Now comes the awful news that Rothman has contracted amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease). As you know, there is no cure. Friends say his spirits are good, given the circumstances. Hal, hang in there. The University of Nevada hopes to endow a scholarship in his name. If you wish to donate, go here and select the Rothman scholarship fund under "designation."
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