Background
Likes, David Henry was born on August 4, 1914 in New York City. Son of Slyvan Henry and Mamie (Leopold) Likes.
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Education
Bachelor, Johns Hopkins, 1936. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1938—1939. Master of Arts, Georgetown University, 1948.
Doctor of Philosophy, Georgetown University, 1949.
Career
December 1971); children: David McWilliams, Lawrence Andrew. Married second, Adeline Lee Stuckey, July 15, 1972. Stepchildren: Elizabeth Stuckey Bright, Lauren StuckeyGlass.
Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Air Force, 1941, advanced through grades to colonel, 1945.
Member United States Military North African Mission, Cairo, 1942. Assigned Desert Air task force, component United States Air Force Middle East 9th Air Force, United States Air Force Middle East, Egypt, 1942-1943.
Member Overlord planning staff, London, England., 1943-1944. Assigned 1st Airborne Army, 1944-1945.
Member military delegate Potsdam (East. Germany) Conference, 1945.
Assigned War Plan division United States Air Force, 1948-1951. Member standing group North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Washington, 1951-1952, United States Naval War College, 1952-1953;member United States Mission to North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Paris, 1953-1956. Military air staff planner War Plans Division Air Staff, Washington, 1956-1958.
Deputy director National Security Council Affairs, Office Secretary Defense, 1958-1959.
Member of faculty National War College, 1959-1961. Member Aeronautical. Space Studies Institute, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1961-1963.
Retired, 1963. Professor, department chairman international studies Southwestern at Memphis, from 1963.
Consultant Institute International Studies University of Southern California, Islamic and Arabian Development Studies Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Ford Foundation postdoctoral research fellow Duke University, 1967-1968.
Research fellow Center Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, 1975-1976. Guest lecturer American Studies Conference, Tamkang, Taipei, Taiwan, 1980, Institute Study United States of America and Canada, Academy Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1981.
Lecturer Institute Foreign Policy and National Security, Seoul, 1980.
Board Governors International Group, English Speaking Union.
Achievements
Membership
Member United States Military North African Mission, Cairo, 1942. Member Overlord planning staff, London, England., 1943-1944. Member military delegate Potsdam (East. Germany) Conference, 1945.
Member standing group North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Washington, 1951-1952, United States Naval War College, 1952-1953.
Member of faculty National War College, 1959-1961. Member Aeronautical. Space Studies Institute, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1961-1963.
Member Political Science Association, Association Asian Studies, Middle East Studies Association, Institute Naval Procs., American Academy Political Science, International Studies Association, Air Force Association, Retired Officers Association, United Nations Association (board directors Chapter 1980-1983), National Trust Historic Preservation, English Speaking Union, Gold Key Society, Omicron Delta Kappa, Pi Sigma Alpha. Clubs: Willowbrook Country (Tyler, Texas).
Lodge: Rotary.
Connections
Married Grace Ann McWilliams, February 28, 1948 (deceased December 1971). Children: David McWilliams, Lawrence Andrew. Married Adeline Lee Stuckey, July 15, 1972.
Stepchildren: Elizabeth Stuckey Bright, Lauren Stuckey Glass.
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Nationality
American
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