Robin Paul Whittick "Rob" Havers (born 1967) is a British military historian. He currently serves as president of the American Civil War Museum. He was the former president of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library,[1] the former president of the George C. Marshall Foundation, and a former Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[2][3]
Rob Havers | |
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 Havers (right) speaks with Gen. Joseph Dunford in 2018 | |
| Born | November 1967 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Queen Mary University of London, London School of Economics, Pembroke College, Cambridge |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Institutions | Westminster College |
Education edit
Havers graduated from Queen Mary University of London with a bachelor's degree in history and politics; London School of Economics and Political Science with a master's degree in later modern British history and Pembroke College, Cambridge with a Ph.D.
He is the author of several articles and books. His Ph.D. thesis, “Reassessing the Japanese POW Experience: The Changi POW Camp, 1942-45,” was published as a book in 2003 and subsequently reissued in paperback in 2013.
Career edit
Havers served as a professor of War Studies at Sandhurst and taught at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Cambridge. He was visiting professor at Westminster College. He was executive director of the National Churchill Museum.
He served as president of the George C. Marshall Foundation. He came to this post from his previous position as executive director of The National Churchill Museum and vice president for the Churchill Institute at Westminster College, located in Fulton, Missouri.[4] On 4 February 2018, Havers became the CEO of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library in Chicago, Illinois.[1] On 1 February 2021, the American Civil War Museum announced that Havers had joined their institution as President & CEO.[5][6][7]
Works edit
- The Changi Prisoner of War Camp: From Myth to History. Richmond: Curzon. 2002. ISBN 0700716572.
- Reassessing the Japanese Prisoner of War Experience, Routledge, 2003. ISBN 9780700716579
- Badsey, S.; Grove, M.; Havers, R. (2004). The Falklands Conflict Twenty Years On: Lessons for the Future. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-134-26855-9.
References edit
- ^ a b "Meet the new head of the Pritzker Military Museum". Crain's Chicago Business. 14 February 2019.
- ^ "Dr. Rob Havers selected George C. Marshall Foundation president". Association of the United States Army. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ Times, Luanne Rife | The Roanoke. "British scholar chosen to lead Marshall Foundation". Roanoke Times. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "Foundation President - The Foundation". www.marshallfoundation.org.
- ^ "Museum News: The American Civil War Museum Announces Dr. Rob Havers as New CEO & President". American Civil War Museum.
- ^ King, Brendan (7 September 2021). "Richmond curators to document Gen. Lee's removal: 'It's tremendously impactful'". CBS 6 News Richmond WTVR.
- ^ Honosky, Sarah (9 April 2021). "New American Civil War Museum CEO visits Appomattox site". NewsAdvance.com.