John Shy | |
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Born | Ohio, U.S. | March 23, 1931
Died | April 8, 2022 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. | (aged 91)
Occupation | Historian |
Known for | Military history |
Notable work | Toward Lexington (1965) |
John Willard Shy (March 23, 1931 – April 8, 2022)[1][2][3] was a military historian and professor emeritus at the University of Michigan.[4][5] Shy was part of a group of military historians who examined the interplay of the military, politics, and society in the colonial and revolutionary periods of American history.[6]
Born in Ohio,[1][2] Shy attended the United States Military Academy, graduating with a B.S. degree in the class of 1952.[4] He received his M.A. degree in history from the University of Vermont in 1957.[4] Shy graduated with his Ph.D. degree in history from Princeton University in 1961.[4] His doctoral thesis was entitled The British army in North America, 1760-1775.[7]
Shy was commissioned as a United States Army officer in 1952 and served on active duty until 1955. He transitioned to the Army Reserve and ultimately attained the rank of captain.[1]
Shy became an associate professor at Princeton in 1959, an associate professor at Michigan in 1968 and a full professor there in 1971. He was a visiting professor at the United States Army War College from 1974 to 1975.[2]
Shy specialized in the American Colonial and Revolutionary periods.[4]
The University of Michigan presented him with the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award in 1994.[8]
Shy received the Morison Prize from the Society for Military History in 2002.[9]
Shy gave the 2008 George C. Marshall Lecture in Military History.[10]
Shy lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan after his retirement and died in 2022.[3]
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