Richard H Ullman

Richard Ullman, the David. E. Bruce Professor of International Affairs, Emeritus, at Princeton University, died of Parkinson's disease March 11 2014 at Park Place Center in Monmouth Junction, N.J. He was 80. Ullman was on the Princeton faculty from 1965 until 2001 and became an emeritus professor in 2002. After he received his doctorate from the University of Oxford, where he had studied as a Rhodes Scholar, Ullman's thesis on British-Soviet relations from 1917 to 1921 was published as a trilogy, launching his academic career. His work caught the eye of George Kennan, an American adviser and diplomat and a key figure in the emergence of the Cold War who mentored Ullman at Oxford. He was a staff member of the National Security Council in 1967, a member of the policy planning staff of the Office of the Secretary for Defense from 1967 to 1968 and the director of studies at the Council on Foreign Relations from 1973 to 1976. He also was a member of the policy planning staff at the U.S. Department of State from 1999 to 2000. Ullman served on The New York Times editorial board from 1977 to 1978 and also was editor of Foreign Policy from 1978 to 1980. Ullman was born in Baltimore, Md., and grew up in San Antonio, Texas. He earned his A.B. from Harvard in 1955, where he served as editorial page editor of The Harvard Crimson. He graduated with a B. Phil. and D. Phil. from Oxford University in 1957 and 1960, respectively. He taught at Harvard before coming to Princeton. Ullman is survived by his wife, Gail, two children, two stepchildren and six grandchildren.