Mike Smith, director of the Walter P. Reuther Library in the College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs, comments about author, educator and historian Kevin Boyle. Smith calls Boyle one of the finest historians in the country. \"I see a lot of researchers come through and meet a lot of historians, and I put Kevin up there in the top echelon of scholars,\" Smith said. \"Kevin is a scholar. The fact that he writes in a stylish manner is just icing on the cake for his scholarship.\"