Howard Rae Penniman

Background

Penniman, Howard Rae was born on January 30, 1916 in Steger, Illinois, United States. Son of Rae Ernest and Alethea (Bates) Penniman.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Louisiana State University, 1936; Master of Arts, Louisiana State University, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1941.

Career

Social Science Research Council pre-doctoral field fellow, 1940-1941; instructor political science, U. Alabama, 1941-1942; instructor department government, Yale University, 1942-1945; assistant professor, Yale University, 1945-1948; staff, Central Intelligence Agency, 1948-1949; external research staff, assistant chief, Department State, 1949-1952; chief external research staff, Department State, 1953-1955; staff, Psychological Strategy Board, 1952-1953; chief overseas book division, United States Information Agency, 1955-1957; professor government, Georgetown University, 1957-1983; head department government, Georgetown University, 1959-1963; resident scholar, American Enterprise Institute, 1971-1995. Columnist, America, 1958-1964, Fulbright research grant, France, 1964-1965. Consultant Congressional fellowship program American Political Science Association, 1959.

Cons.to team observers on presidential elections in, Vietnam, 1967. Election consultant ABC, 1968-1995. Member Presidential observer teams, El Salvador, 1982, 84, Guatemala, 1985, 88, Philippines, 1986, Taipei, 1989.

Achievements

• Howard Rae Penniman has been listed as a notable Political scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Italy at the Polls: The Parliamentary Elections of 1976 (American Enterprise Institute studies in political and social processes ; 169)

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  • Elections in South Vietnam
  • New Zealand at the Polls (Studies in political and social processes)
  • Britain at the Polls, 1979: A Study of the General Election by Howard R. Penniman (Editor) (1-Jan-1981) Paperback

Membership

Delaware Maryland Constitutional Convention, 1967-1968, chairman committee on style. Co-chairman Montgomery County Committee on Drug Abuse, 1969-1970. Trustee Montgomery College, 1971-1980.

With Army of the United States, 1945-1946. Member American Political Science Association (president District of Columbia chapter 1958-1959), International Political Science Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu, Pi Sigma Alpha (national president 1966, national director 1975-1995, National Capital Area Political Science Association award, 1988), Sigma Delta Chi.

Connections

Married Morgia Anderson, December 30, 1940. Children: Barbara, Ruth, William, Catherine, Matthew.

Father:

Rae Ernest Penniman

Mother:

Alethea (Bates) Penniman

Spouse:

Morgia Anderson

child:

Catherine Penniman

child:

Barbara Penniman

child:

William Penniman

child:

Ruth Penniman

child:

Matthew Penniman