Joseph Irving Coffey

Background

Coffey, Joseph Irving was born on February 13, 1916 in St. Louis. Son of Joseph Aloysius and Catherine Elizabeth (Burns) Coffey.

Education

Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1939; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1943-1945; Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations, Georgetown University, 1954.

Career

Assistant director programs, special studies project Rockefeller Brothers Fund, 1956-1957. Executive assistant to special assistant to President for security operations coordination, Washington, 1958-1960. Member staff President's Committee on Information Activities Abroad, White House, 1960.

Research analyst Institute for Defense Analyses, Washington, 1960-1963. Chief office of national security studies Bendix Aero Space Systems Division, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1963-1967. Professor public and international affairs University Pittsburgh, 1967—1980, Distinguished Service professor, 1980-1982, professor emeritus, since 1982, director Center for International Security Studies, 1975-1981.

Senior research fellow University Center International Studies, 1981-1990. Visiting professor international peace and security studies Carnegie-Mellon University, 1986-1991. Adjunct professor Carnegie Mellon University, 1991—1992.

Senior visiting fellow Center for International Studies Princeton University, 1990—1991, senior research associate, 1993—1995, visiting lecturer Woodrow Wilson School, 1992. Consultant Agency for International Development, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Department Defense Department State, International Communications Agency. Director program on religion and conflict resolution Tanenbaum Center Interreligious Understanding, 1999—2001.

Achievements

• Joseph Irving Coffey has been listed as a notable political scientist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Atlantic Alliance and the Middle East (Pitt Series in Policy and Institutional Studies)

    (Book by Coffey, Joseph I.)

  • Deterrence and Arms Control: American and West German Perspectives on Inf (G S I S Monograph Series in World Affairs)
  • Arms Control and European Security: Guide to East-West Negotiations (Study in International Security)
  • Arms control and European security: A guide to East-West negotiations (Praeger special studies in international politics and government)

Membership

Served to colonel United States Army, 1939-1960. Member Council Foreign Rels., Foreign Policy Association, International Institute Strategic Studies, International Studies Association, European Cmty. Studies Association, Atlantic Council United States, Istituto Affari International.

Connections

Married Marjorie Ann Strode, November 15, 1939 (divorced 1963). Married Rosemary Klineberg, June 28, 1963 (divorced 1976). Married Maryann Bishop, May 13, 1978.

Children: John Patrick, Catherine Elizabeth, Judith Ann, Megan Forbes, Susan Fox, James Odell. 1 stepchild, Janet Lynn Bishop.

Father:

Joseph Aloysius Coffey

Mother:

Catherine Elizabeth (Burns) Coffey

Spouse:

Maryann Bishop

Spouse:

Rosemary Klineberg

Spouse:

Marjorie Ann Strode

child:

Susan Fox Coffey

child:

Catherine Elizabeth Coffey

child:

Megan Forbes Coffey

child:

John Patrick Coffey

child:

James Odell Coffey

child:

Judith Ann Coffey