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- 62- THEODORE ROPP Educator, b. Hollywood, Ill., May 22, 1911; s. Irwin and Margaret (Esh) R.; A.B. summa cum laude, Oberlin Coll., 1934; A.M., Harvard, 1935, Ph.D., 1937; m. Elizabeth S. Chapman, Sept. 8, 1937; children--Stephen C., Frederick, Paul T. Instr. history Harvard, 1937-38; vis. lectr., 1947-48; faculty Duke, 1938--, prof. history, 1959--. Ernest J. King prof. U. S. Naval War Coll., 1962-63; spl. research compulsory mil. service and mil. conscription in Brit. Commonwealth; mem. Hist. Adv. Com. to sec. army, 1962-65, 69-72; dir., policy adv. com. Hist. Evaluation and Research Orgn. 1963--, chmn bd. 1965--, prof. U. S. mil. history research collection U. S. Army War Coll., 1972-73; vis. prof. mil. history U. S. Mil. Acad., 1976-77; Trustee Am. Mil. Inst., 1961--, pres., 1968--. Mem. Natl. Armed Forces Mus. Adv. Bd., Smithsonian Inst., 1975--. Social Sci. Research Council fellow, 1958-59. Mem. Am., So. hist. assns., Am. Assn. U. Profs. (pres. N. C. conf. 1959-61, mem. council 1964-67). Author (with Harold T. Parker) Historical Background of the World Today, 1947; War in the Modern World, 1959. Contr. to Makers of Modern Strategy, 1943. Address: Dept. of Hist., Duke U., Durham, N. C. 27706