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 in Washington, D.C., he was educated in public schools in Baltimore, he 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 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 on a discussion program, The Open Mind, on NBC.[4]
He married Joanna R. Jackson (died 1980). His papers are held at the Library of Congress,[5] and University of California, Los Angeles.[6]
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