Background
Claude, Inis Lothair was born on September 3, 1922 in Yellville, Arkansas, United States. Son of Inis Lothair and Parilla Jane (Pledger) Claude.
Claude, Inis Lothair was born on September 3, 1922 in Yellville, Arkansas, United States. Son of Inis Lothair and Parilla Jane (Pledger) Claude.
Bachelor of Arts with high honors, Hendrix College, 1942; honorary Doctor of Laws, Hendrix College, 1984; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy (Chase prize), Harvard University, 1949.
Instructor, then assistant professor government, Harvard University, 1949-1956;
associate professor political science, U. Delaware, 1956-1957;
associate professor political science, University of Michigan, 1957-1960;
professor, University of Michigan, 1960-1968;
Edward R. Stettinius Junior professor government and foreign affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1968;
professor emeritus, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1988. Member Center Advanced Study, 1968-1971. Visiting research scholar Carnegie Endowment International Peace, 1960-1961.
Faculty chairman course international relations Institute Social Studies, The Hague, 1964-1965. Visiting professorial fellow U. Wales, 1973-1974. E.H. Carr memorial lecturer University College of Wales, 1984.
Tamkang Chair lecturer Tamkang U., Taiwan, 1985, Martin Wight Memorial lecturer, London School of Economics, 1992, Samuel Paley lecturer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1992. Visiting professor Hebrew U. Jerusalem, 1981. Member Executive Committee Center Research Conflict Resolution, 1959-1963.
Chairman of Commission international organization Social Science Research Council, 1962-1969. Member research groupUN financial problems Brookings Institution, 1962-1963, advising committee United Nations policystudy program, since 1963. Occasional lecturer National, Army, Navy war colleges, Air Command and Staff Colls., United Kingdom National Defense College, Inter-American Defense College, United Nations Foreign Service Training Seminar.
Consultant Department State, 1962-1971, member of advisory committee foreign relations publications, 1968-1972. Member board advisors to president, Naval War College, since 1991. Member, board of trustees Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation, since 1998.
Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American Political Science Association (Woodrow Wilson Foundation award 1963), International Political Science Association (rapporteur general international organization 1964), Southern Political Science Association (executive county 1970), American Society International Law (board review and development 1986-1990), Commission Study Organisation Peace (Executive Committee 1957-1966), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Marie Stapleton, August, 1943. Children: Susan, Robert Burr, Cathy.