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Professor of History
541 Scott Shipp Hall |  Ph: 540-464-7447  |  MuirM@vmi.edu 

 

• B.A., 1965 - Emory University
• M.A. 1966 - Florida State University
• Ph.D., 1976 - Ohio State University

• Middle Georgia College, 1967-1972.
• Ohio State University, 1976-1977.
• Austin Peay State University: 1977-2003, from 1983 Professor of History; Chair, Department of History and Philosophy, 1990-2000.
• Naval Historical Center: Secretary of the Navy’s Research Chair in Naval History for 1987-1988.
• U.S. Military Academy: Visiting Professor of History for 1988-1989, 1989-1990.
• Air War College, Maxwell AFB: Visiting Professor of History, 1996-1997.
• Virginia Military Institute: Edwin P. Conquest Chair in Military History, 2002.
• Virginia Military Institute: 2003 – Professor of History; Director of the John A. Adams, ’71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis;  Holder of the George J. Collins Sr. Chair in Military History;  Named in May 2005 to the Henry King Burgwyn, Jr., Boy Colonel of the Confederacy Chair in Military History, one of nine Institute Professorships.