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Jerry Eugene Pournelle (born August 7, 1933) is an American science fiction writer, essayist and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine ''Byte''. Pournelle served as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1973.〔''The SFWA Grand Masters, Vol. One'' edited by Frederik Pohl, 1999, NY, NY, pg. 12〕 Pournelle suffered a stroke on December 16, 2014, for which he was hospitalized for a time. By June, 2015 he was writing again, though impairment from the stroke has slowed his typing.〔According to his son, Alex Pournelle, (The View from Chaos Manor ), Dr. Pournelle's blog.〕 ==Biography== Pournelle was born in Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana, and educated in Capleville, Tennessee.〔(The View from Chaos Manor, June 20, 2003 )〕 He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Afterwards, he studied at the University of Washington and received a BS in psychology on June 11, 1955; an M.S. in psychology on March 21, 1958; and a PhD in political science in March 1964.〔Transcript provided by studentclearinghouse.org under contract to the University of Washington Registrar's Office. http://sdb.admin.washington.edu/sisDegreeValidation/Public/default.aspx〕 The thesis for his M.S. is titled "Behavioural observations of the effects of personality needs and leadership in small discussion groups", and is dated 1957.〔(listing, University of Washington Libraries )〕 His thesis for the PhD in political science is titled "The American political continuum; an examination of the validity of the left-right model as an instrument for studying contemporary American political 'isms'" and is dated 1964.〔 (The American political continuum; an examination of the validity of the left-right model as an instrument for studying contemporary American political "isms." ) listing, University of Washington Libraries〕 He served as campaign research director for the mayoral campaign of 1969 for Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty (Democrat), working under campaign director Henry Salvatori.〔"Yorty Campaign Reorganized; Henry Salvatori Takes Charge", KENNETH REICH, ''Los Angeles Times'', April 15, 1969.〕 The election took place on May 27, 1969.〔"Will Be Glad to Meet Bradley to Heal Any Wounds, Yorty Says", ''Los Angeles Times'', May 29, 1969.〕 Pournelle was later named Executive Assistant to the Mayor in charge of research in September 1969, but resigned from the position after two weeks.〔"Key Assistant to Yorty Quits After 2 Weeks", ''Los Angeles Times'', September 30, 1969.〕 After leaving Yorty's office, in 1970 he was a consultant to the Professional Educators of Los Angeles (PELA), a group opposed to the unionization of school teachers in LA.〔"UTLA Captures 6 of 9 Positions on Teacher Council", HARRY BERNSTEIN, ''Los Angeles Times'', October 29, 1970.〕 Pournelle was an intellectual protégé of Russell Kirk and Stefan T. Possony. Pournelle wrote numerous publications with Possony, including ''The Strategy of Technology'' (1970). ''The Strategy'' has been used as a textbook at the United States Military Academy (West Point), the United States Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs), the Air War College, and the National War College.〔"The First Essential of Airpower: The Case for Air Force Laboratories", ''Air & Space Power Journal'', Major Daniel E. Bullock, September 29, 1999.〕 Pournelle's work in the aerospace industry includes time he worked at Boeing in the late-1950s. While there, he worked on Project Thor, conceiving of "hypervelocity rod bundles", also known as "rods from God".〔"Rods From God", JONATHAN SHAININ, ''The New York Times'', December 10, 2006.〕 He edited ''Project 75'', a 1964 study of 1975 defense requirements.〔("Deep Impact" ), JERRY POURNELLE, ''Dr. Dobb's Journal'', October 1, 2005. Pournelle goes into some detail; the study was classified.〕 He worked in operations research at The Aerospace Corporation, and North American Rockwell Space Division, and was founding President of the Pepperdine Research Institute. In 1989, Pournelle, Max Hunter, and retired Army Lieutenant General Daniel O. Graham made a presentation to then Vice President Dan Quayle promoting development of the DC-X rocket.〔"Test of Tail-First Landing: Science Fiction Gives Rocket a Boost", CHARLES PETIT, ''San Francisco Chronicle'', June 17, 1993.〕 During the 1970s and 1980s he also published articles on military tactics and war gaming in the military simulations industry in Avalon Hill's magazine ''The General''. He had previously won first prize in a late 1960's essay contest run by the magazine on how to end the Vietnam war. That led him into correspondences with some of the early figures in Dungeons and Dragons and other fantasy role-playing games.〔''The General'', Vol. 7, No. 6.〕 In 1985, ''Footfall'', in which Robert A. Heinlein was a thinly veiled minor character, reached the number one spot on the New York Times Best Seller List. Another bestseller, ''Lucifer's Hammer'' (1977), reached number two. Both novels were written with Larry Niven. In 1994, Pournelle's friendly relationship with Newt Gingrich led to Gingrich securing a government job for Pournelle's son, Richard.〔"Hot Topics", JON BREAM, ''Star Tribune'' (Minneapolis–Saint Paul), May 2, 1995.〕 At the time, Pournelle and Gingrich were reported to be collaborating on "a science fiction political thriller."〔 Pournelle's relationship with Gingrich was long established even then, as Pournelle had written the preface to Gingrich's book, ''Window of Opportunity'' (1985).〔"The Truth Is Out There", ALEXANDER STARR, ''The New York Times'', August 9, 1998.〕 In 2008, Pournelle battled a brain tumor, which appeared to respond favorably to radiation treatment.〔(View 502 January 21 – 27, 2008. )〕 An August 28, 2008 report on his weblog claimed he was now cancer-free. In 2010, his daughter Jennifer R. Pournelle (writing as J.R. Pournelle), an archaeology professor, e-published a novel ''Outies'', an authorized sequel to the ''Mote in God's Eye'' series.〔The View From Chaos Manor, (View 668 March 28 - April 3, 2011 ), Jerry Pournelle.〕〔Amazon.com, (J.R. Pournelle ).〕 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「Jerry Pournelle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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