SPEAKERS
Lori Lyn Bogle is currently an Associate Professor of History at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland where she teaches a variety of courses on social cultural military topics. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas in 1997. Her first book, The Pentagon’s Battle for the American Mind: The Early Cold War (2004), examined the military’s traditional role in establishing and maintaining the contours of the American character and will. She has written numerous articles and has edited a five volume collection of essays on the cold war.
Davis B. Bobrow is Professor (emeritus) of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh and has held: senior staff positions and consultancies with major U.S. government agencies including membership of the Defense Science Board; visiting appointments in policy related programs in East Asia, Europe, and Israel; and the presidencies of the International Studies Association, the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, and the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs presidency. Recent publications include Hegemony Constrained (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008) and Defensive Internationalism (University of Michigan Press, 2005). His current research interests include international security warning and risk management, and the world role and regional dynamics of East Asia. His teaching focused on international security, policy design, East Asia, and U.S. foreign policy processes. He holds a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and prior degrees from Oxford University and the University of Chicago.
Neil Diamant is Associate Professor of Asian Law and Society and chair of the Department of Political Science at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. He is author of Revolutionizing the Family: Politics, Love, and Divorce in Urban and Rural China, 1949-1968 (2000), Embattled Glory: Veterans, Military Families and the Politics of Patriotism in China (2008), and a co-editor of Engaging the Law in China: State, Society and Possibilities for Justice (2005). Dr. Diamant earned his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. He teaches courses on Chinese politics, law and society, patriotism, and China’s economic reforms. He is also a veteran of a combat unit in the Israeli Defense Forces and served in Lebanon between 1982-5.
Greg Edwards is on the faculty of Graceland University, and teaches literature and humanities courses. He is Director of the Center for the Study of the Korean War, at Graceland University in Independence, Missouri, and the author of two novels and a chapbook of poetry. Mr. Edwards received his Master’s degree in Literature from Baker University in Kansas.
Paul Edwards is a retired professor of history and philosophy. He is the founder and Senior Fellow of the Center for the Study of the Korean War, at Graceland University in Independence, Missouri. Dr. Edwards is the author of over 40 books, 14 on the Korean War. He is a Korean War veteran: 31st Field Artillery, 7th Infantry Division. Dr. Edwards received his PhD in the Philosophy of History from the University of St. Andrews in St. Andrews, Scotland.
Donald Goldstein is Professor in Pitt’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. He is a retired Air Force officer who served for 22 years. He teaches courses in history, public administration, political science, arms control, national interest and national security, theory and practice of international affairs, foreign policy process, international relations, administrative theory. Dr. Goldstein earned his PhD from the University of Denver.
Peter Karsten is Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh with a joint appointment in the Sociology Department. He attended Yale on an NROTC scholarship and served three years on the USS Canberra. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1968. He teaches the History of American Law & War and the Military in American Life. His first book, The Naval Aristocracy: The Golden Age of Annapolis and the Emergence of Modern American Navalism (Free Press, 1972), won the history honorary society’s [Phi Alpha Theta] best first book award (and was reprinted as a “classic” by The Naval Institute Press in 2008).
Patrick Manning is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of World History at the University of Pittsburgh. He is director of the World History Center, located in the Department of History and affiliated with the Global Studies Program and the University Center of International Studies. Trained as a specialist in the economic history of Africa, he has become a specialist in world history. His research has focused on demographic history (African slave trade), social and cultural history of francophone Africa, global migration, the African diaspora as a dimension of global history, and an overview of the field of world history. He was educated at the California Institute of Technology (BS in Chemistry, 1963) and the University of Wisconsin - Madison (MS in History and Economics, PhD in History 1969). He served as Vice President of the Teaching Division of the American Historical Association, 2004-2006. Before moving to the University of Pittsburgh in 2006, Manning was at Northeastern University in Boston for two decades. There he directed the World History Center, 1994-2004, and directed PhD students writing world historical dissertations.
Manning now serves as President of the World History Network, Inc., a nonprofit corporation fostering research in world history. His current research centers on global social movements, 1989-1992, African population 1650-1950, and on an interdisciplinary history of early humanity in collaboration with Christopher Ehret.
James I. Matray is Professor of History at California State University, Chico, where he completed his final term as department chair in August 2008. He earned his doctorate at the University of Virginia in 1977. At Chico State, Matray teaches a senior research and writing seminar focusing on U.S. Foreign Relations and a freshman class surveying U.S. History. Matray has published more than forty articles and book chapters on U.S.-Korean relations during and after World War II. Author of The Reluctant Crusade: American Foreign Policy in Korea, 1941-1950 and Japan’s Emergence as a Global Power, his most recent books are Korea Divided: The 38th Parallel and the Demilitarized Zone and East Asia and the United States: An Encyclopedia of Relations Since 1784. From 2005 to 2007, he served on the editorial board of Diplomatic History.
Korean War Veterans
- Donald McIlrath spent 30 days at the Battle in Chorwon Valley supporting South Korean operations (ROK's). From September of 1951 through August of 1952 he served with the 3rd Division, 15th Regiment Tank Company. After discharge in 1954 McIlrath worked at Bell Telephone Company for 35 years. He has two sons. Awards: Combat Infantry Badge, Presidential Citation plus Good Conduct medal.
- Thomas M. Miller enlisted in the Army Reserves in 1950 and was called to active duty in August of that year. He served with the 2nd Division, 38th Infantry, X Corps. Miller earned three battle stars for action in and around Wonju, Inchon and Kotori. He was wounded in 1951. Awards: Purple Heart Medal and in June of 1951, General Matthew B. Ridgway pinned the Silver Star Medal on his jacket.
- "Skip" Niedergal served with I Corps, 17th Field Artillery Bn, "C" Battery and Headquarters Battery from 1952 to 1953. His last assignment was Jeep driver for the unit Commanding officer.
- Edwin E. Vogel served wtih the 1st Marine Division at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, was wounded December 9 and returned to the U.S. in March of 1951. Discharged in 1952. Vogel has been involved with various veterans organizations, such as the Korean War Veterans since 1986. In 2004 he was named "Veteran of the Year" by the Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program and in 2005 was named to the "Hall of Fame" of the Southwestern Veterans Center, Pittsburgh, PA. Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Citation and others.
Sponsors: United States Department of Education, University of Pittsburgh School of Arts & Sciences, Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies, Korean War Veterans Association – Matthew B. Ridgway Chapter, the Asian Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh World History Center, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University Center for International Studies (UCIS)
