Major Donald E. Vandergriff, United States Army (Ret.), is a teacher, writer and lecturer who specializes in military leadership education and training.

Background

Vandergriff served with the United States Marine Corps and United States Army. He retired after 24 years of service. He holds a bachelor's degree in education from the

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, ...

and a master's degree in military history from

American Military University American Public University System (APUS) is a private, for-profit, online university system with its headquarters in Charles Town, West Virginia. It is composed of American Military University and American Public University (APU). APUS is who ...

. He was the first major from the Army to lecture at the Naval War College.

Influence

Lecturer, author and expert on military personnel issues, Dr.

Jonathan Shay Jonathan Shay (born 1941) is an American doctor and clinical psychiatrist. He holds a B.A from Harvard (1963), and an M.D. (1971) and a Ph.D. (1972) from the University of Pennsylvania. He is best known for his publications comparing the expe ...

, refers to Vandergriff as “the most influential major in the U.S. Army”. Journalist

James Fallows James Mackenzie Fallows (born August 2, 1949) is an American writer and journalist. He is a former national correspondent for ''The Atlantic.'' His work has also appeared in ''Slate'', ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''The New York Review of Book ...

of ''

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'' has sought out Vandergriff for consultation of several of his articles, mentioning him in his piece “Will Iran be Next”, (December 2004).

Bibliography

* – editor * * * * Chapter:
''The Revolution in Human Affairs''

References

AUSA - https://www.ausa.org/people/donald-e-vandergriff Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Don-Vandergriff/e/B0092WE7HY%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share USNI - https://www.usni.org/people/donald-vandergriff WASHINGTON POST - http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/panelists/2010/12/ron-paul.html

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