John H. Morrow, Jr.
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Dr. John Howard Morrow, Jr. Ph.D. |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Swarthmore College (BA), University of Pennsylvania (PhD) |
| Occupation | Historian and Professor |
| Years active | 1971-present |
Dr. John Howard Morrow, Jr., Ph.D. is an American historian and professor. His areas of expertise include Modern European history, war and diplomacy, World War I, and world history. Morrow is the author of several books. His most recent publication is Harlem's Rattlers and the Great War: The Undaunted 369th Regiment and the African American Quest for Equality, which he co-authored with Dr. Jeffrey T. Sammons. Currently he is a Franklin Professor and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the history of Modern Europe and of warfare and society at the University of Georgia.
Morrow earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Swarthmore College. In 1971, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with his Ph.D. in Modern European History.
For seventeen years, starting in 1971, Morrow taught at the University of Tennessee (UTK) in the College of Arts and Sciences. He was the first African-American faculty member. From 1983 to 1988, he served as Head of the University's History Department. He was the first African-American to chair a department at UTK, and the University's first African-American Macebearer. The latter is the highest honor a faculty member can receive. Because of his successful career at UTK, a lecture series and military history award was named after him.
In 1988, Morrow joined the faculty at the University of Georgia as Franklin Professor. Three years later he was elected History Department chairman. From 1993 to 1995, he served as the Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. In 2010, Morrow was again elected History Department Chairman.
From 1988 to 1989, Morrow served as the Charles A Lindbergh Visiting Professor at the National Air and Space Museum.
For a single semester in 2005, Morrow was a visiting professor at the United States Military Academy in West Point. Here, he taught German history, and was awarded an Outstanding Civilian Service Medal by the United States Department of the Army.
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