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Eric Frederick Goldman (June 17, 1916 – February 19, 1989) was an American historian, Rollins Professor of History at Princeton University, and Presidential advisor.[1]
Life
Born in Washington, D.C., he was educated in public schools in Baltimore, he graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Ph.D. in history at age 22. He wrote on national affairs for Time magazine. He joined Princeton as an assistant professor in 1942. He became a full professor in 1955, until retirement in 1985. He was special advisor to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1963 to 1966.[2] He served as president of the Society of American Historians from 1962 to 1969.[3] From 1959 to 1967, he was the moderator on a discussion program, The Open Mind, on NBC.[4]
He married Joanna R. Jackson (died 1980). His papers are held at the Library of Congress,[5] and University of California, Los Angeles.[6]
Awards
- 1953 Bancroft Prize
- 1962; 1966 Emmy
Works
- Rendezvous With Destiny: A History of Modern American Reform, Knopf, 1952 (reprint 25th Anniversary Edition, Vintage, 1977, Ivan R. Dee, 2001, ISBN 9781566633697)
- The Crucial Decade, America 1945-55, Knopf, 1956
- The Crucial Decade - And After, America 1945-60. Vintage Books, 1961, ISBN 9780394701837
- The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson, Knopf, 1969
References
- ^ WOLFGANG SAXON (February 20, 1989). "Eric F. Goldman, 73, a Historian And Presidential Consultant, Dies". The New York Times.
- ^ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/237877/Eric-Frederick-Goldman
- ^ http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/1989/8905/8905MEM1.cfm
- ^ WOLFGANG SAXON (February 20, 1989). "Eric F. Goldman, 73, a Historian And Presidential Consultant, Dies". The New York Times.
- ^ http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/text/goldman.html
- ^ http://www.oac.cdlib.org/data/13030/hf/tf0x0nb0hf/files/tf0x0nb0hf.pdf
External links
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