William B. Pickett
William Beatty Pickett (born March 12, 1940) is an American historian and professor emeritus at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. He is known as an authority on President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Indiana Sen. Homer E. Capehart, and is the author of several well-regarded books on U.S. history including Dwight David Eisenhower and American Power[2] and Eisenhower Decides To Run: Presidential Politics and Cold War Strategy.[3][4][5]
William B. Pickett
March 12, 1940
Indiana Association of Historians, Indiana Council for History Education
Fulbright Fellowship (1989)
Homer E. Capehart: The Making of a Hoosier Senator[1] (1974)
Historian
U.S. political and military history, Indiana history, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Homer E. Capehart, history of the Internet
Dwight David Eisenhower and American Power, Eisenhower Decides To Run: Presidential Politics and Cold War Strategy
Early life[edit]
Pickett was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He earned his bachelor's degree at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota in 1962, and both a master's degree (in 1968) and doctorate (in 1974) at Indiana University.[6] He served as a lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve from 1962 to 1966.[7]