Department of the Army Historical Advisory Committee
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The Department of the Army Historical Advisory Committee was established in January 1947 within the United States Army
. In 1996, it was made a subcommittee of the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee
.
The Secretary of the Army appoints members, which includes civilian scholars as well as those who represent the United States Military Academy
, the Army War College, the Command and General Staff College
, and the Training and Doctrine Command. The committee meets annually to review and to advise on the current and future plans of the United States Army Center of Military History.
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
. In 1996, it was made a subcommittee of the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee
Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee
Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee was chartered on 24 Jan 1996 to provide advice to the United States Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments regarding the professional standards, historical methodology, program priorities, liaison with professional...
.
History
The Department of the Army Historical Advisory Committee is the oldest of the historical advisory committees within the U.S. Department of Defense. Its antecedents were the very short-lived Advisory Board on Historical Work to the Army War College's Historical Section in 1928-1930 and, more directly, a group of three civilians and three officers, who met from May 1943 to 1946 to draft plans for the Army's history of the Second World War that led to the creation of what would become the United States Army Center of Military History.The Secretary of the Army appoints members, which includes civilian scholars as well as those who represent the United States Military Academy
United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...
, the Army War College, the Command and General Staff College
Command and General Staff College
The United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas is a graduate school for United States Army and sister service officers, interagency representatives, and international military officers. The college was established in 1881 by William Tecumseh Sherman as a...
, and the Training and Doctrine Command. The committee meets annually to review and to advise on the current and future plans of the United States Army Center of Military History.
Chairmen
The following, listed in chronological order, have served as chairmen of the committee. In those case where individuals have also served as individual members their names and dates are also shown separately for that service in the alphabetical list of members:- James Phinney Baxter IV, 1943–1955
- Henry WristonHenry WristonHenry Merritt Wriston was a United States' educator, presidential advisor, and served as president at both Brown University and Lawrence University.-Biography:...
, 1955–1956 - Elmer EllisElmer EllisElmer Ellis was an American educator and fourteenth president of the University of Missouri and first president of the University of Missouri System. He was instrumental in the expansion of the university to include the University of Missouri–Kansas City and University of Missouri–St. Louis...
, 1957–1958 - Fred H. Harrington, 1959–1961
- Oran J. Hale, 1961–1962
- Fred C. Cole, 1963–1967
- Walter C. Langsam, 1967–1972
- Otis A. Singetary, 1972-
- Jon T. Sumida, 2003–2005
Members
- Samuel Flagg BemisSamuel Flagg BemisSamuel Flagg Bemis was an American historian and biographer. For many years he taught at Yale University. He was also a former President of the American Historical Association and a specialist in American diplomatic history. He was awarded two Pulitzer Prizes.-Biography:Born in Worcester,...
, 1955–1958 - Charles B. Burdick, 1966–1971
- Edward M. CoffmanEdward M. CoffmanEdward M. Coffman , military historian, University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Emeritus, was born in Hopkinsville, KY and earned his BA, MA, and PhD at the University of Kentucky. He served as an Infantry officer in the U.S. Army in 1951-53. He taught at Memphis State University for two years...
, 1971- - Harry L. Coles, 1975-
- Henry S. Commanger, 1943–1952
- Gordon A. CraigGordon A. CraigGordon Alexander Craig was a Scottish-American historian of German history and of diplomatic history.-Early life:...
, 1953–1958 - Elmer EllisElmer EllisElmer Ellis was an American educator and fourteenth president of the University of Missouri and first president of the University of Missouri System. He was instrumental in the expansion of the university to include the University of Missouri–Kansas City and University of Missouri–St. Louis...
, 1954–1956 - William H. Emerson, 1960–1965
- James A. Field, Jr., 1963–1968
- Douglas S. FreemanDouglas S. FreemanDouglas Southall Freeman was an American historian, biographer, newspaper editor, and author. He is best known for his multi-volume biographies of Robert E...
, 1947–1952 - Frank B. Freidel, 1973-
- Oron J. Hale, 1958–1960, 1963
- E. Pendleton HerringE. Pendleton HerringE. Pendleton Herring was an American political scientist who served as Director of the Bureau of the Budget, as Secretary of graduate education at Harvard University, and in numerous other academic and public roles...
, 1943–1952 - John D. Hicks, 1947–1954
- W. Stull Holt, 1955–1960
- William T. Hutchinson, 1947–1956
- Richard W. LeopoldRichard W. LeopoldRichard William Leopold was a prominent diplomatic historian at Northwestern University.-Early life and education:...
, 1966–1971 - S. L. A. Marshall, 1947–1954
- Ernest R. May, 1964–1969
- Louis Morton, 1968–1972
- Peter ParetPeter ParetPeter Paret is American military, cultural & art historian with a particular interest in German history. Paret was born in Berlin, Germany, the son of Dr. Hans Paret and Suzanne Aimée Cassirer, who divorced in 1932...
, 1971- - Forrest C. Pogue, 1969–1974
- Earl PomeroyEarl PomeroyEarl Pomeroy is a lobbyist and former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1993 until 2011. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party.- Early life, education and career :...
, 1960–1965 - Charles P. RolandCharles P. RolandCharles Pierce Roland is an American historian and professor emeritus of the University of Kentucky whose research specialty is in the fields of the American South and the Civil War.-Biographical sketch:...
, 1964–1969 - Theodore RoppTheodore RoppTheodore Ropp was a professor at Duke University and recognized as the leading military historian in the United States.-Early life and education:...
, 1961–1966 - E. Dwight Salmon, 1947–1952
- Charles S. Snydor, 1950–1953
- Charles H. TaylorCharles H. TaylorCharles Hart Taylor is an American politician; a Republican, he represented North Carolina's 11th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He began serving in 1991 and continued through January 3, 2007....
, 1947–1952 - Frank E. Vandiver, 1969–1974
- Russell F. Weigley, 1975-
- Bell I. WileyBell I. WileyBell Irvin Wiley was an American historian who specialized on the American Civil War, and was an authority on military history and the social history of common people....
, 1958–1963 - T. Harry WilliamsT. Harry WilliamsThomas Harry Williams was an award-winning historian at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge whose career began in 1941 and extended for thirty-eight years until his death at the age of seventy...
, 1955–1960 - C. Vann WoodwardC. Vann WoodwardComer Vann Woodward was a preeminent American historian focusing primarily on the American South and race relations. He was considered, along with Richard Hofstadter and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., to be one of the most influential historians of the postwar era, 1940s-1970s, both by scholars and by...
, 1957–1962 - Walter L. Wright, 1947–1949
- James CarafanoJames CarafanoJames Jay Carafano is the director of the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies and the deputy director of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies at The Heritage Foundation. He is a historian and a recognized expert on national security affairs...
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Source
- Richard W. LeopoldRichard W. LeopoldRichard William Leopold was a prominent diplomatic historian at Northwestern University.-Early life and education:...
, "Historians and the Federal Government: Historical Advisory Committees: State, Defense, and the Atomic Energy Commission," The Pacific Historical Review, vol. 44, No. 3. (Aug 1975), pp. 373–385.