Vincent Davis

Background

Davis, Vincent was born on May 3, 1930 in Chattanooga.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1952; Master of Public Administration, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 1959; Master of Arts, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 1961.

Career

Member faculty department politics, research assistant Center International Studies, Princeton University, 1959-1961, visiting research professor, 1969-1970. Member faculty Dartmouth College, 1961-1962. Member faculty Graduate School International Studies, research associate Social Science Foundation University Denver, 1962-1971.

Patterson professor international studies University Kentucky, Lexington, 1971-1998, director Patterson School Diplomacy and International Commerce, 1971-1993. Nimitz professor political science United States Naval War College, 1970-1971. Professor emeritus University Kentucky, Lexington, from 1998.

Executive council Inter-University Seminar Armed Forces and Society, University Chicago, 1972-1979. Chairman civilian advisory panel Secretary Defense Committee Excellence in Military Education, 1974-1976. Consultant, lecturer in field.

Member international affairs fellowships committee Council on Foreign Relations, New York City, since 1980. Adjunct fellow Center Strategic and International Studies, Washington, since 1992. Speaker North Atlantic Treaty Organization Conference on Post-Soviet States of Eastern and Center Europe, Oslo, 1992.

Member Secretary State's Advisory Board on History Archives and Documentation. Board directors United Nations Association United States of America, Republican National Policy Forum.

Achievements

• Vincent Davis has been listed as a noteworthy Political science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Post-Imperial Presidency

    (During the Nixon administration, a key phrase identified ...)

  • Henry Kissinger and bureaucratic politics: A personal appraisal (Essay series ; no. 9)
  • The Admirals Lobby
  • Postwar defense policy and the United States Navy, 1943-1946

Membership

Served with United States Navy, 1952-1956. Captain Reserve retired. Member International Studies Association (executive director 1964-1971, chairman intensive panels 1972-1974, president 1976-1977), American Political Science Association, International Institute Strategic Studies.

Connections

Married; 3 children.