Stephen Randolph (historian)
Stephen P. Randolph | |
|---|---|
| 12th Department of State Historian | |
| In office 2012–2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Marc J. Susser |
| Succeeded by | Adam Howard |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University George Washington University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Air Force |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | |
Stephen P. Randolph is an American historian who served as Director of the Office of the Historian of the United States Department of State from 2012 to 2017.[1][2]
Education
[edit]Randolph graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1974 and then earned a MA in History of Science from the Johns Hopkins University in 1975 and a Ph.D. from George Washington University in 2005.[3]
Career
[edit]Previously to his arrival at the State Department, Randolph worked at the Eisenhower School of National Defense from 1997 to 2011 in various roles. Before working at the National Defense University, Randolph had spent 27 years in the U.S. Air Force, commanding a squadron during Operation Desert Storm and becoming a colonel by his retirement from service in 2001.[3]
Randolph is the author of Powerful and Brutal Weapons: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Easter Offensive, published in 2007, and is the recipient of the 2018 Roger Trask Award which honours the work of historians that "reflects the unique importance of federal history".[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Historian". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Stephen P. Randolph". Wilson Center. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ a b "2018 Roger Trask Award Winner Dr. Stephen P. Randolph". Society for History in the Federal Government. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "SOCIETY AWARDS & HONORS". Society for History in the Federal Government. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Powerful and Brutal Weapons - Stephen P. Randolph". Harvard University Press. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
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- Living people
- Johns Hopkins University alumni
- Columbian College of Arts and Sciences alumni
- 21st-century American historians
- 21st-century American male writers
- United States Air Force Academy alumni
- United States Department of State officials
- National Defense University faculty
- United States Air Force officers
- United States Air Force personnel of the Gulf War
- George Washington University alumni
- American male non-fiction writers