Former Chairman of the Advisory Board for the George Mason University's Carter School, and current Advisory Board Member, Carter School
Adjunct Faculty, Carter School
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Biography
Dr. Alan Gropman is the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Natioinal Security Policy at the National Defense University. He was a member of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces Faculty for more than 20 years. He was the Chairman of the Department of Grand Strategy and Mobilization for six years, teaching core and elective courses in both semesters. He served 27 years in the United States Air Force, including two tours in Vietnam where he accumulated more than 670 combat missions. He retired as a Colonel. He also served as a war planner in Europe and the Pentagon. He has a Ph.D. in History from Tufts University, earned a diploma from the National War College, and is a distinguished graduate of the Air War College. He had been an adjunct professor at Georgetown University for eight years. He was chairman of the Advisory Board for the George Mason University's Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution where he is curently an Advisory Board Member. He has written four books and edited another and more than 300 op-ed essays, anthology chapters, book reviews, and articles.
Degrees
- PhD, History, Tufts University
- MA, Tufts University
- BA, Boston University