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Edward Paul Lilly (October 13, 1910 – December 1, 1994) was an American historian, author, educator, and government worker who specialized in the history of political and psychological warfare in the twentieth century. ==Life and career== Lilly was born on October 13, 1910, in Brooklyn, New York, and attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he received the A.B. in Philosophy (1932). He then attended Catholic University of America, where he received the M.A. in History in 1933 (with a thesis on "The Colonial Agents of New York"), and the Ph.D. in History (1936). His doctoral dissertation, "The Colonial Agents of New York and New Jersey," was published as a book by the Catholic University of America Press a year later.〔''Directory of American Scholars'', 6th ed. (Bowker, 1974), Vol. I, p. 378.〕 Lilly began his teaching career as an instructor at Loyola University Chicago from 1936 to 1939, followed by post-doctoral research at Yale University, and then a Penfield Fellowship from Catholic University which enabled him to continue his research in Great Britain. Further research abroad was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II, so he returned to Yale and received a Stirling Fellowship. He joined the History faculty at Catholic University of America in 1940 as an assistant professor, where he was the advisor for numerous master's theses during the 1940s.〔("Theses under Lilly," ''History Fields and Professors: American - Stock, Lilly, Farrell, Klinkhammer, and Eagen'', American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives website ), accessed 19 August 2015.〕 During the war, an Army Specialized Training Program was set up at Catholic University, and Lilly became its director.〔Harold D. Langley, "Edward P. Lilly," ''Perspectives'', Vol. 33 (Nov. 1995): 30.〕 Although technically still a faculty member, Lilly moved into government service in 1944 when he took a leave of absence from Catholic University to become a special assistant to Elmer Davis, the Director of the Office of War Information, serving as OWI's historian.〔Langley, 30-31; "Lilly, Edward Paul," in ''Historical Dictionary of American Propaganda'', by Martin J. Manning (Greenwood Press, 2004), 172; "Guide to the Edward P. Lilly Papers, 1928–1992," Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas, unpaginated.〕 In 1946, he transferred to the staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, where he served as a special consultant on psychological warfare.〔Langley, 30-31; Manning, 172; "Guide to the Edward P. Lilly Papers, 1928–1992".〕 He continued to teach part-time at Catholic University from 1946 to 1952, but also lectured on psychological warfare at Georgetown University, the Army War College, the Naval Intelligence School, and at NATO headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia.〔Langley, 30-31; Manning, 172; "Guide to the Edward P. Lilly Papers, 1928–1992".〕 During this time, Lilly wrote two unpublished (and classified) studies on American psychological warfare that were used for background briefings.〔Langley, 30-31; Manning, 172; "Guide to the Edward P. Lilly Papers, 1928–1992".〕 Lilly officially left Catholic University and joined the staff of the U.S. National Security Council in 1952, where he worked at first as a planning officer for the Psychological Strategy Board from 1952 to 1953, and then deputy executive assistant in the Operations Coordinating Board from 1953 to 1965.〔Langley, 31; "Guide to the Edward P. Lilly Papers, 1928–1992".〕 After leaving government work in 1965, Lilly joined the History faculty at St. John's University, where he was an associate professor from 1966 to 1969. He then moved back to Washington, DC, and joined the faculty of the Washington Technical Institute in 1970. (The school became part of the University of the District of Columbia in 1976.) While there, Lilly helped to organize a local chapter of the American Federation of Teachers and became its president. He retired in 1977.〔Langley, 31; "Guide to the Edward P. Lilly Papers, 1928–1992".〕 Lilly married Nancy M. Jones in 1936, and they had ten children. He fought to help preserve Bethany Beach, Delaware, where he owned a cottage, from exploitation by unscrupulous developers. Lilly suffered from Alzheimer's disease in his later years. Lilly's papers were donated by his family to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas.〔Langley, 33 (Nov. 1995): 31; "Guide to the Edward P. Lilly Papers, 1928–1992".〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward P. Lilly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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