Eric F. Goldman
Eric Frederick Goldman (June 17, 1916 – February 19, 1989) was an American historian, Rollins Professor of History at Princeton University, and Presidential advisor.[1]
Eric Frederick Goldman
June 17, 1916
February 19, 1989 (aged 72)
Johns Hopkins University
Historian, professor, and Presidential advisor
1942-1989
Princeton University
- Rendezvous with Destiny: A History of Modern American Reform
- The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson
The Open Mind (1959-1967)
Joanna R. Jackson
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- Bancroft Prize (1953)
Life[edit]
Born in Washington, D.C., United States, he was educated in public schools in Baltimore, Maryland, and 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 University 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 of the public affairs show The Open Mind, on NBC.[1]
He married Joanna R. Jackson (died 1980). His papers are held at the Library of Congress,[4] and the University of California, Los Angeles.[5]