The United States Secretary of the Navy's Research Chair in Naval History was established in 1987 by the then
Naval Historical Center
The Naval History and Heritage Command, formerly the Naval Historical Center, is an Echelon II command responsible for the preservation, analysis, and dissemination of U.S. naval history and heritage located at the historic Washington Navy Yard. ...
, Department of the Navy (now known as the
Naval History & Heritage Command
The Naval History and Heritage Command, formerly the Naval Historical Center, is an Echelon II command responsible for the preservation, analysis, and dissemination of U.S. naval history and heritage located at the historic Washington Navy Yard. ...
). This competitive appointment was designed to support, for up to three years, a scholar in researching and writing a major monograph on the history of the U.S. Navy since 1945.
Past holders of this chair include:
*1987–1988 Dr. Malcolm "Kip" Muir
*1988–1989
*1989–1990 Dr. William N. Still, Jr.
*1990–1991 Dr.
Christopher McKee
Christopher Fulton McKee (born 1942) is an astrophysicist.
McKee attended Phillips Academy and Harvard University, and obtained a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) in 1970 under advisor George B. Field. In 1974, he was app ...
*1991–1992 Dr. James Recknor
*2003 John C. Reilly Jr.
Former Navy Secretary Underwrites Naval History Research Chair
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References
External links
Naval History and Heritage Command
official website
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