John S. Haller

John S. Haller Jr. (born 1940) is an American historian and emeritus professor of history and medical humanities at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, known for his extensive works on the history of alternative medicine, Swedenborgian influences, and American intellectual history, including Outcasts from Evolution (winner of the 1971 Anisfield-Wolf Award in Race Relations), The History of American Homeopathy, and Swedenborg’s Principles of Usefulness. He served as editor of Caduceus: A Humanities Journal for Medicine and the Health Sciences and vice-president for academic affairs until his 2008 retirement, with research spanning race, sexuality, pharmacy, and spirituality in medicine. No death records found as of 2026; he was in his 80s in recent interviews.Illinois Authors, Swedenborg Society, Kent State Press