Background
Sprout, Harold was born on March 14, 1901 in Benzonia, Michigan, United States. Son of George Milton and Grace Emily (Hance) Sprout.
Sprout, Harold was born on March 14, 1901 in Benzonia, Michigan, United States. Son of George Milton and Grace Emily (Hance) Sprout.
Bachelor of Arts, A.M., Oberlin College, 1924. Postgraduate University of Wisconsin Law School, 1924-1925, Western Reserve Law School, 1925-1926. Doctor of Philosophy (Carnegie fellow), University of Wisconsin, 1929.
Assistant professor government Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1926-1927. Assistant professor political science Stanford, 1929-1931. Instructor politics Princeton, 1931-1935, assistant professor, 1935-1941, associate professor, 1941-1945, professor, 1945-1980, department chairman politics, 1949-1952, Henry Grier Bryant professor geography and international relations in department politics, professor emeritus, 1969-1980, research associate Center International Studies, 1969-1980.
Visiting professor international relations Columbia, 1948-1950, U. Denver, summer 1950. Visiting lecturer United States Army War College, 1936-1938, 71, United States Naval Academy, 1941, United States Military Academy, 1942, United States National War College 1946, United States Naval War College, 1953, 63, 70. Visiting professor political science University of Pennsylvania, summer 1938.
Visiting professor Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 1955, Rutgers University, 1970. Consultant Office of War Information, War Department, 1943, Department State 1944, Navy, 1944-1947.
Member American Political Science Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Studies Association, Naval History Foundation, Phi Beta Kappa, Congregationalist.
Married Margaret Ascenath Tuttle, August 6, 1924. Children: Donald Francis, Chastina Elisabeth.