Ernest May

Charles Warren Professor of American History (FAS)
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Office Address
Littauer-352
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 23
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-1109
Fax: 617-496-6886
Email: ernest_may@ksg.harvard.edu
Assistant
Sally Makacynas (617-495-1197)
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Ernest R. May is Charles Warren Professor of American History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He has been a consultant at various times to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council, and other agencies. He is currently a member of the DNIs Intelligence Science Board and of the Board of Visitors of the National Defense Intelligence College. May has been Dean of Harvard College, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Director of the Institute of Politics, and Chair of the Department of History. His publications include Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision-Makers (with Richard Neustadt), The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis (with Philip D. Zelikow), Strange Victory: Hitlers Conquest of France, and Dealing With Dictators: Dilemmas of U.S. Diplomacy and Intelligence Analysis, 1948-1990 (with Philip D. Zelikow). At the Kennedy School, he is a member of the board of directors of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. From 2003 to 2004 he was Senior Advisor to the 9/11 Commission.

 

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