Background
Howard, Harry Nicholas was born on February 19, 1902 in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, United States. Son of Alpheus M. and Lois A. (Foster) Howard.
Howard, Harry Nicholas was born on February 19, 1902 in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, United States. Son of Alpheus M. and Lois A. (Foster) Howard.
AB, William Jewell College, 1924. A.M. (Gregory fellow), University Missouri, 1927. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1930.
Research assistant Eastern European history University California, 1928-1929. Assistant professor history University Oklahoma, 1929-1930, Miami University, 1930-1937, associate professor, 1937-1940, professor, 1940-1942. Visiting professor several universities, summers 1930-1941.
With Department of State, 1942-1962, head East European unit Division Territorial Studies, 1942-1945, expert on international organization, 1945-1946, chief Near East Research branch Office Near Eastern and African Affairs, 1946-1947, adviser division Greek, Turkish and Iranian Affairs, 1947-1949, adviser United States delegations, consultant investigation concerning Greek frontier incidents, 1949-1956. Special United Nations committee on Balkans. United Nations adviser Bureau Near East, South Asian, African Affairs, 1949-1956.
Acting United States representative advisory commission for Palestine refugees United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Beirut, 1956-1962, special assistant to commissioner general, 1962-1963. Professor Middle East studies American University School International Service, Washington, 1963-1968, adjunct professor Middle East studies, since 1968. Visiting professor international relations Columbia, 1955.
Program chairman Near East and N. Africa area studies Foreign Service Institute, Department State, summer 1966, 71-73, faculty adviser, 1967-1968. Lecturer Middle East United States Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1971-1972. Honorary fellow Harry S. Truman Library Institute.
Board governors Middle East Institute, 1963-1979, emeritus, since 1979. Board directors American Near East Refugee Aid, 1968-1979.
Author: numerous books in field international politics, dealing primarily with Balkan and Middle East area including The King-Crane Commission An American Inquiry in the Middle East, 1963. Turkey, the Straits and United States Policy, 1974, The Partition of Turkey, 1913-1923. Contributor to: Encyclopedia British, Encyclopedia Americana.Associate editor: Middle East Jour, 1963-1968. Book review editor, 1968-1980, advisor, since 1980. Contributor numerous articles to professional journals.
The Partition of Turkey, A Diplomatic History 1913-1923 1931, Military Government in the Panama Canal Zone 1931 (with Professor R. J. Kemer), The Balkan Conferences and the Balkan Entente 1930-1935, A Study in the Recent History of the Balkan and Near Eastern People 1936, The Problem of the Turkish Straits 1947, The United Nations and the Problem of Greece 1947, The General Assembly and the Problem of Greece 1948, Yugoslavia (co-author) 1949, Soviet Power and Policy (co-author) 1955, The King-Crane Commission 1963, Turkey, the Straits and United States Policy 1974.
Division Institute Organization Aff. 1944-1946; Middle East Institute, Board of Governors 1963-1979, Emeritus since 1979. American Historical Association Dacor.
Married Virginia Faye Brubaker, August 13, 1932. Children: Robert Wendell, Norman Foster.