Ambassador Roger G. Harrison is the Allan & Malcolm Lockheed and Glenn L. Martin Professor in
Political Science and Director of the Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies at the United States Air Force
Academy.
Dr. Harrison received his Ph.D. in Government from Claremont Graduate School. He has studied at Pembroke
College, Oxford University and the Free University of Berlin. Dr. Harrison’s undergraduate degree in Political
Science was awarded by San Jose State University in 1965.
Dr. Harrison joined the U. S. Foreign Service in 1967 and was assigned to Manila, Philippines, as Vice
Consul. He was subsequently assigned to Warsaw as Second Secretary (1970-73), London as First Secretary and Dept. Political
Counselor (1981-85), and to Tel Aviv as Counselor of Embassy for Political Affairs (1985-87). In Washington, Dr. Harrison
served as Special Asst. to the Dir. of Politico-Military Affairs (1974-75), Dept. Dir. of the National Security Council
Planning Staff at the White House under President Ford (1975-76), Officer in Charge of NATO Political Affairs in the State
Department (1979-81), and Dept. Asst. Secretary of State for Defense and Arms Control (1987-9). Just as the first Gulf War
began, he was appointed by President George H.W. Bush to be the Ambassador to Jordan (1990-93). Following his retirement,
Dr. Harrison worked in private industry as CEO of Specialty Vehicles International. In 2001 he reentered government as
first Dean of the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies of the National Defense University.
Dr. Harrison has been a member of the Air Force Academy on three occasions: as Assoc. Professor of
Political Science on detail from the State Department (1977-79), as John M. Olin Professor (1993-94) and as Wesley Posvar
Chair (2003-2007). He was also Distinguished Visiting Professor of National Security at George Mason University, Diplomat
in Residence at Colorado College and Adjunct Professor of Business at Colorado State University.
Dr. Harrison is the author of numerous commentaries on foreign affairs, has published in the field of
political philosophy, and has written op-ed pieces which have appeared in The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times.
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