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Marist College to Become Marist University
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Marist College to Become Marist University
University designation reflects breadth of global opportunities and bold vision for Marist's next century.
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Marist College to Become Marist University
University designation reflects breadth of global opportunities and bold vision for Marist's next century.
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Marist College to Become Marist University
University designation reflects breadth of global opportunities and bold vision for Marist's next century.
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Dr. James M. Johnson
Dr. Frank T. Bumpus Chair in Hudson River Valley History
Bio
Dr. James M. Johnson is the Executive Director of the Hudson River Valley Institute at Marist College and has taught history there since 2000, now serving as the Dr. Frank T. Bumpus Chair in Hudson River Valley History. Author of Militia, Rangers, and Redcoats, co-compiler of America’s First River, and the co-editor of “Key to the Northern Country”: The Hudson River Valley in the American Revolution, Dr. Johnson graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1969 and served for 30 years in the U.S. Army, retiring as a colonel. Duke University awarded him a Master of Arts in History in 1977 and a PhD in History in 1980. He received a second Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College in 1995. He commanded two field artillery batteries in Germany and Korea and taught for 15 years in two tours in the Department of History at West Point. In his second tour there, he headed the military history program, rising to the rank of Professor of History.
Education
PhD, Duke University
MA, Duke University
MA in National Security and Strategic Studies, Naval War College
BS, United States Military Academy at West Point
Research Interests / Areas of Focus
Military History; American Revolution; Hudson River Valley History
Selected Publications
Chapter, “West Point,” in Hello Again Dolly, Christopher Radko, publisher and editor, 2018 essay, "our Past: History of the Hudson Highlands," in Conneting: Celebrating the People & Places of the Hudson Highlands, Hudon Highlands Land Trust, 2014; Co-editor, Key to the Northern Country: The Hudson River Valley in the American Revolution, SUNY Press, 2013. "Fort Montgomery," "The Staff Rides at Fortress West Point," and "Fort Putnam," West Point Leadership Profiles of Courage. Publisher Daniel E. Rice. Leadership Development Foundation, 2013. Co-compiler, America’s First River: The History and Culture of the Hudson River Valley, SUNY Press, 2009; ); “Battle of Stony Point,” “Battle of White Plains,” and “Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton” in The Encyclopedia of New York State, Syracuse University Press, 2005; Militiamen, Rangers, and Redcoats: The Military in Georgia, 1754-1776, Mercer University Press, 2003, 1992.
Selected Presentations
Moderator and commentator for a panel, “The Hudson River Valley in the Era of the American Revolution,” at the "The American Revolution and the Importance of West Point."American Association of the Friends of Kosciuszko at West Point, 10th Annual Conference, West Point, NY, April 2013; "West Point: Key of America for the American Revolution and Beyond,"“National Security Studies and Military History: How Philanthropists Can Make a Difference,” The Philanthropy Roundtable, West Point, April 2007; “Interpreting the History of Fort Montgomery and the Battle of October 6, 1777,” American Battlefield Protection Program’s 6th National Conference on Battlefield Preservation, Albany, NY, August 2002.
Awards and Honors
U.S. Army’s Legion of Merit with OLC;French Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques; National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Medal of Honor and History Award; Fellow of the New York Academy of History; three awards of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution’s Good Citizenship Medal (1 silver and 2 bronze); Champion of History, 2015, Lincoln Society, Peekskill; Dutchess County Historical Society’s Helen Wilkinson Reynolds Award for “the local historian who is an exemplar of the necessary and accurate search for historical truth,” 2017; and Fellow of the New York Academy of History, 2018.
