Ronald Steel
| Ronald Steel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1931 Morris, Illinois |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education | Northwestern University B.A. (1953) Harvard University M.A. (1955) |
| Occupation | Author, journalist, historian, professor |
Ronald Lewis Steel (born March 25, 1931) is an award-winning American writer, historian, and professor. He is the author of the definitive biography of Walter Lippman.[1]
[edit] Biography
Ronald Steel was born in 1931 in Morris, Illinois outside of Chicago. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and English[1] from Northwestern University (1953) and a Master of Arts degree in political economy from Harvard University (1955).[2][3]
He served in the United States Army and was a diplomat in the United States Foreign Service.[4]
He is the author of Walter Lippmann and the American Century,[4][5] the definitive biography of Lippman.[1] For this book, he was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1980, as well as the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History.
He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1973.[6]
Steel is a Professor Emeritus of International Relations, History, and Journalism at the University of Southern California.[4] Prior to teaching at USC, he taught at Yale University, Rutgers University, Wellesley College, Dartmouth College, George Washington University, UCLA, and Princeton University.[4]
Steel wrote for The New Republic in the 1980s.[7] He has also written for the Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times and the The New York Review of Books.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Kreisler, Harry (March 1, 2004). "Conversation with Ronald Steel, Professor of International Relations, USC". Conversations with History. Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley. http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people4/Steel/steel-con0.html. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ^ a b "Professor Ronald Steel (Department profile)". School of International Relations, University of Southern California. http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ir/faculty/g-steel.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ^ "Ronald Steel". NNDB. http://www.nndb.com/people/292/000106971/. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ^ a b c d "Faculty - School of International Relations - Ronald Steel". University of Southern California. http://college.usc.edu/faculty/faculty1003734.html. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ^ Steel, Robert (April 26, 1987). "'I Had to Win'". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/11/22/specials/ambrose-nixon.html?_r=1. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ^ "1973 U.S. and Canadian Fellows". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. http://www.gf.org/73fellow.html. Retrieved 2008-11-09.[dead link]
- ^ Alterman, Eric (June 18, 2007). "My Marty Peretz Problem — And Ours". The American Prospect. http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=my_marty_peretz_problem_and_ours. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
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- "Bibliography of books and articles by Ronald Steel". The New York Review of Books. http://www.nybooks.com/authors/548. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- Steel, Ronald (August 24, 2008). "A Superpower Is Reborn". New York Times: p. WK11. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/opinion/24steel.html. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
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