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Dr. Todd E. Harburn

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Dr. Todd E. Harburn is a man of many talents and interests.  A native of Flint, Michigan, Todd attended Hope College , where he majored in pre-med and earned all conference honors in football.  After graduation from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, he completed an orthopedic surgery residency.  In addition to his current orthopedic surgery/sports medicine practice, he is a football team physician for his alma mater Hope College. 

Todd has had a nearly lifelong interest in the British 60^th or Royal American Regiment and its related history to the French and Indian War, Pontiac’s Conspiracy, and the American Revolution.  Having done extensive research on several of the officers and garrisons of the 60^th Regiment in the Great Lakes region, he has had several publications on these topics in recent years.  His first publication, Of Scarlet and Blue:  The 60^th Royal American Regimental Coat 1755-1768 (with R. Scott Stephenson) , set the standard for the uniform coats used by most British French and Indian War reenactors today, and was the basis for the pattern for the British uniforms in the movie, The Last of the Mohicans (1991). 

He was also a consultant, assisted in research, wrote a portion of the script for two episodes, assisted in coordinating filming of several scenes, and portrayed General Jeffery Amherst and Captain George Etherington in the A&E/History Channel’s 1997 award winning Frontier:  Legends of the Old Northwest.  A reenactor as well, he has portrayed Etherington for several years in the Annual Fort Michilimackinac Pageant at the reconstructed fort in upper Michigan.

Todd also has other areas of historical interest including the Alamo and college football.  He contributed an essay on the controversial death of David Crockett in the Alamo Sourcebook 1836:  A Comprehensive Guide to the Alamo and the Texas Revolution, by Tim and Terry Todish (1998, Eakin Press) and has also co-authored two college football history books:  MIAA FOOTBALL: The Illustrated Gridiron History of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (with his father Gerald E. Harburn), and Alma College Football: A Centennial salute to the Champions, 100 Years of Alma College Football 1894=1994 (with Dr. Charles a. Gray).  

Harburn portraying Capt. George Etherington, 60^th Regt. c.1763

Harburn portraying Lt. Col. George Etherington, 60^th Regt. c. 1779