Background
Westerfield, Holt Bradford was born on March 7, 1928 in Rome, Italy. Son of Ray Bert and Mary Beatrice (Putney) Westerfield.
Westerfield, Holt Bradford was born on March 7, 1928 in Rome, Italy. Son of Ray Bert and Mary Beatrice (Putney) Westerfield.
Graduate, Choate School, 1944. Bachelor, Yale University, 1947. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1951.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1952.
Instructor government Harvard University, 1952-1956. Assistant professor political science University Chicago, 1956-1957. Member faculty Yale University, 1957—2001, professor political science, 1965-2000, chairman department, 1970-1972, Damon Wells professor international studies, 1985—2000, Damon Wells professor international studies emeritus, 2000—2008.
Research associate Washington Center Foreign Policy Research, Johns Hopkins School Advanced International Studies, 1965-1966. Visiting professor Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1967, 71. Board visitors United States Joint Military Intelligence College, Washington, since 1998.
Member American Political Science Association (Conglomerate fellow 1953-1954), International Political Science Association, International Studies Association.
Married Carolyn Elizabeth Hess, December 17, 1960. Children: Pamela Bradford, Leland Avery.