Colonel Rose Mary Sheldon (born October 10, 1948) held the Henry King Burgwyn, Jr. Chair of Military History at the

Virginia Military Institute la, Consilio et Animis (on seal) , mottoeng = "In peace a glorious asset, In war a tower of strength""By courage and wisdom" (on seal) , established = , type = Public senior military college , accreditation = SACS , endowment = $696.8 mill ...

, where she taught from 1993 to 2019. She is an expert in intelligence operations in the ancient world. She received her doctorate in ancient history from the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

for which she won a National Intelligence Book award in 1987. In 1981, she became a

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of the

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. Sheldon has served on the editorial board of the ''

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'', and of the '' International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence''.

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