Eric Frederick Goldman (June 17, 1916 – February 19, 1989) was an American historian, Rollins Professor of History at Princeton University, and Presidential advisor.[1]
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Born | Washington, D.C., U.S. | June 17, 1916
Died | February 19, 1989 Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 72)
Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University |
Occupation(s) | Historian, professor, and Presidential advisor |
Years active | 1942-1989 |
Employer | Princeton University |
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Television | The Open Mind (1959-1967) |
Spouse | Joanna R. Jackson |
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Born in Washington, D.C., United States, he was educated in public schools in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Ph.D. in history at age 22. He wrote on national affairs for Time magazine. He joined Princeton University as an assistant professor in 1942. He became a full professor in 1955, until retirement in 1985. He was special advisor to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1963 to 1966.[2] He served as president of the Society of American Historians from 1962 to 1969.[3] From 1959 to 1967, he was the moderator of the public affairs show The Open Mind, on NBC.[1]
He married Joanna R. Jackson (died 1980). His papers are held at the Library of Congress,[4] and the University of California, Los Angeles.[5]
Goldman's most influential work appeared in 1952: Rendezvous with Destiny: A History of Modern American Reform, covering reform efforts from the Grant Administration into the Truman years. For decades it was a staple of the undergraduate curriculum in history, highly regarded for its style and its exposition of modern American liberalism. According to Priscilla Roberts: