Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History
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The Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History was formally established in 1956 and is the second oldest of the historical advisory committee's within the Department of Defense.
of Marine Corps University
. In 1996, the committee was made a subcommittee of the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee
and reports directly to the Secretary of the Navy, and also to the Secretary of Defense through the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee
.
activities. The Secretary of the Navy may act upon the SNAS’s advice and recommendations.
who are appointed by the Secretary of the Navy on the advice of the Assistant Secretary of
the Navy (Installations & Environment). The SNAS shall submit nominations to the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations & Environment). The Director of Naval
History and the President of the Marine Corps University shall make their recommendations
for membership to the SNAS, as a nominating committee. Nominees will include individuals
who have broad managerial experience, vision, and understanding in one or more of the
following areas: military and maritime history, archives, museology, art, library science,
information technology. Members may also include former senior civilian Department of the
Navy officials and retired Navy and Marine Corps personnel. Members appointed by the
Secretary of the Navy, who are not Federal officers or employees, shall serve as Special
Government Employees under the authority of 5 U.S.C. § 3109, and shall be appointed for a
term of four years with the possibility of a one- to two-year extension. With the exception of travel and per diem for official travel, Subcommittee Members shall serve without compensation. The SNAS shall elect its own Chair and Vice-chair from its appointed members.
Officer, in consultation with the Chairperson. The estimated number of SNAS meetings is
one per year. The Alternate Designated Federal Officer shall be a full-time or permanent part-time DoD employee, and shall be appointed in accordance with established DoD policies and
procedures. The Designated Federal Officer and/or Alternate Designated Federal Officer
shall attend all SNAS meetings.
years from the date this Charter is filed, whichever is sooner, unless it is extended by the
Secretary of the Navy or the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee.
Records Schedule 26 and appropriate DoD policies and procedures. These records shall be
available for public inspection and copying, subject to the Freedom of Information Act of
1966 (5 U.S.C. § 552, as amended).
Committee are authorized to approve their own charters but they cannot operate
independently of the DoD Historical Advisory Committee. Regardless of the charter, SNAS remains a subcommittee of the parent committee. This Subcommittee Charter was initially approved unanimously by all SNAS members present at the SNAS executive session that took place on 12 September 2008. Revisions may be made with the concurrence of a vote of two-thirds of the appointed members and will be forwarded for information by the SNAS to the DoD Historical Advisory Committee when such revisions are made.
History
Formally established as a committee of eleven civilians in 1956 as the Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Committee on Naval History, its direct and immediate antecedent was an ad hoc advisory committee that had met in 1952, 1954, and 1955. Its members are appointed by the Secretary of the Navy to review and advise on the current and future plans of both the Naval History and Heritage Command and the United States Marine Corps History DivisionUnited States Marine Corps History Division
The United States Marine Corps History Division is a branch of Headquarters Marine Corps tasked with researching, writing, and maintaining the History of the United States Marine Corps. It also provides reference and research assistance; preserves personal experiences and observations through oral...
of Marine Corps University
Marine Corps University
The Marine Corps University reports to the United States Marine Corps Training And Education Command. It was established on August 1, 1989 by General Alfred M...
. In 1996, the committee was made a subcommittee of the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee
Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee
Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee was chartered on 24 Jan 1996 to provide advice to the United States Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments regarding the professional standards, historical methodology, program priorities, liaison with professional...
and reports directly to the Secretary of the Navy, and also to the Secretary of Defense through the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee
Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee
Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee was chartered on 24 Jan 1996 to provide advice to the United States Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments regarding the professional standards, historical methodology, program priorities, liaison with professional...
.
Chairmen
The following, listed in chronological order, have served as chairmen of the committee. In those case where individuals have also served as individual members their names and dates are also shown separately for that service in the alphabetical list of members:- Waldo G. Leland, 1955-1964
- Elmer L. Kayser, 1970-1972
- Walter Muir WhitehillWalter Muir WhitehillWalter Muir Whitehill was an author, historian and the Director and Librarian of the Boston Athenaeum from 1946 to 1973. He was also editor for publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts from 1946 to 1978. From 1951 to 1972 Whitehill was a professor at Harvard University.Whitehill's...
, 1972- - Richard W. LeopoldRichard W. LeopoldRichard William Leopold was a prominent diplomatic historian at Northwestern University.-Early life and education:...
- William D. Wilkinson
- David Alan RosenbergDavid Alan RosenbergDavid Alan Rosenberg is a military historian, and was Admiral Harry W. Hill Chair of Maritime Strategy at the National War College from 1996 to 2003.-Life:...
, 1995-2005 - John HattendorfJohn HattendorfJohn Brewster Hattendorf is an American naval historian. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of more than forty books on British and American maritime history and naval warfare. In 2005, the U.S...
, 2006-2008 - Robert B. Pirie, Jr.Robert B. Pirie, Jr.Robert B. Pirie, Jr. is a retired United States Navy officer and politician. Early in 2001, Pirie served as Acting Secretary of the Navy until the nomination and confirmation of an appointee by President George W. Bush.-Biography:...
, 2009-
Members
The following is an alphabetical list of committee members, who have served since 1952, with their dates of service as members. Committee chairs are listed above with their dates as chairmen:- Arthur D. Baker, III, 1985
- John D. Barnhardt, 1955-1963
- James Phinney Baxter IIIJames Phinney Baxter IIIJames Phinney Baxter III was an American historian, educator and academic. He won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for history, for his book Scientists Against Time...
, 1952-1964 - CAPT Edward L. Beach, Jr.Edward L. Beach, Jr.Edward Latimer Beach, Jr. was a highly-decorated United States Navy submarine officer and best-selling author....
, USN (ret.), 1992 - Whitfield J. Bell, jr, 1972-1980
- Samuel Flagg BemisSamuel Flagg BemisSamuel Flagg Bemis was an American historian and biographer. For many years he taught at Yale University. He was also a former President of the American Historical Association and a specialist in American diplomatic history. He was awarded two Pulitzer Prizes.-Biography:Born in Worcester,...
, 1955-1964 - David R. Bender, 1992
- Francis L. Berkeley, Jr., 1966-1982
- Julian P. BoydJulian P. BoydJulian Parks Boyd CBE was Professor of history at Princeton University. He served as president of the American Historical Association in 1964. For his efforts in preserving the site of the Battle of Hastings, he was appointed an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire.He edited The...
, 1952-1966 - Marion L. Brewington, 1966-1974
- RADM Thomas A. Brooks, USN (ret.), 2003-2007
- CDR Wesley A. BrownWesley A. BrownWesley Anthony Brown was the first African American graduate of the U.S Naval Academy , in Annapolis, Maryland. He served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War and served in the U.S Navy from May 2, 1944–June 30, 1969.-Early life:He graduated from Dunbar High School, where he was Cadet Corps...
, CEC, USN (ret.), 1996-2002 - Frank G. BurkeFrank G. BurkeFrank Gerard Burke served as Acting Archivist of the United States from April 16, 1985, to December 4, 1987.Burke joined the staff of the National Archives in 1967 as an information retrieval specialist, after holding previous positions at the University of Chicago library and the Manuscript...
, 1996-2002 - J. Revell Carr, 1996
- Charles C. Chadbourn, III, 2008-
- LTGEN G. Ronald Christmas, USMC (ret.), 2008-
- Edward E. Dale, 1952
- John C. Dann, 1992
- VADM Robert F. Dunn, 1996-2002
- VADM George W. EmeryGeorge W. EmeryGeorge W. Emery was the eleventh governor of Utah Territory. Emery was appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant for Supervisor of Internal Revenue for the confederate states from 1870 to 1874 and governor in 1875. After his term ended in 1880, the Utah Legislature named Emery County, Utah in...
, USN (ret.), 1997-2006 - James T. FarrellJames T. FarrellJames Thomas Farrell was an American novelist. One of his most famous works was the Studs Lonigan trilogy, which was made into a film in 1960 and into a television miniseries in 1979...
, 1954 - James A. Field, Jr., 1980-1985
- RADM Mack C. Gaston, USN (ret.), -2007
- RADM Russell W. Gorman, USN (ret.), 1992-1996
- Jose-Marie Griffiths, 1996-2002
- Joy Bright HancockJoy Bright HancockJoy Bright Hancock , a veteran of both the First and Second World Wars, was one of the first women officers of the United States Navy.-Biography:Joy Bright was born in Wildwood, New Jersey on 4 May 1898...
, 1976-1985 - CAPT R. Robinson Harris, USN (ret.), 2002
- Caryl P. Haskins, 1970-1982
- John HattendorfJohn HattendorfJohn Brewster Hattendorf is an American naval historian. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of more than forty books on British and American maritime history and naval warfare. In 2005, the U.S...
, 2004-2005 - Robert HenryRobert HenryRobert Henry was a Scottish historian.Born into a farming family at St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, Henry was educated at Stirling High School and the University of Edinburgh. After teaching at Annan, he entered the Church of Scotland, becoming minister at New Greyfriars in Edinburgh in 1768...
, 1954 - Jim Dan Hill, 1954-1982
- RADM William J. Holland, Jr., USN (ret.), 2008-
- Christine Hughes, 2004-
- Donald D. Jackson, 1972-1980
- Beverely Schreiber Jacoby, 1996-2005
- Richard L. Jautras, 1992
- CAPT W. Spencer Johnson IV, USN (ret.), 2007-
- Richard L. Jutras, 1996
- RADM John T. Kavanaugh, SC, USN (ret.), - 2007
- Elmer L. Kayser, 1952-1976
- John H. KembleJohn H. KembleJohn Haskell Kemble was a professor of History at Pomona College and an influential American maritime historian.-Early life and education:...
, 1961-1985 - Tibor Kerekes, 1952
- RADM John M. Kersch, USN (ret.), 2002-2005
- VADM William P. LawrenceWilliam P. LawrenceWilliam Porter Lawrence , United States Navy, was a decorated Naval Aviator who served as Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy from 1978-1981...
, USN (ret.), 1992 - Susan LivingstoneSusan LivingstoneSusan Morrisey Livingstone is a former Acting U.S. Secretary of the Navy in the George W. Bush administration from January-February 2003. She was the first and is so far the only woman to become Secretary of the Navy in U.S. history. Livingstone played a role in the effort to end coercive and...
, - 2007 - J. P. London, 2007-
- Burt Logan, 2003-2007
- Leonard W. Labaree, 1966-1969
- Waldo G. Leland, 1952-1964
- Richard W. LeopoldRichard W. LeopoldRichard William Leopold was a prominent diplomatic historian at Northwestern University.-Early life and education:...
, 1955-1982 - William E. Lingelbach, 1956-1960
- Augustus P. Loring, 1982-1985
- Dumas MaloneDumas MaloneDumas Malone was an American historian, biographer, and editor noted for his six-volume biography on Thomas Jefferson, for which he received the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for history...
, 1954 - Jan E. Mandeville, 1985
- Vera D. Mann, 1992-1996
- AMB J. William Middendorf II, 1992-1996
- VADM Gerald E. Miller, USN (ret.), 1992
- Elting E. Morison, 1972-1976
- Alan Nevins, 1956-1969
- Michael A. Palmer, - 2007
- Howard H. Peckham, 1972-1976
- Norman Polmar, 2007
- Forrest C. Pogue, 1970-1985
- Fred H. Rainbow, 2007-
- ADM J. Paul ReasonJ. Paul ReasonJoseph Paul Reason was Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet from 1996 to 1999. Earlier in his career, as a commander, he was naval aide to the President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, from December 1976 to June 1979...
, USN (ret.), 2008- - James R. Reckner, 2002-
- Clark G. ReynoldsClark G. ReynoldsDr. Clark Gilbert Reynolds, B.A., M.A. , Ph.D. was an historian of naval warfare, with a particular interest in the development of U.S. naval aviation. In addition, he made contributions to the fields of world history, strategic history, and the history of maritime civilizations.-Biography:The...
, 1992- - David Alan RosenbergDavid Alan RosenbergDavid Alan Rosenberg is a military historian, and was Admiral Harry W. Hill Chair of Maritime Strategy at the National War College from 1996 to 2003.-Life:...
, 1993-2005 - MGEN Clifford L. StanleyClifford L. StanleyClifford Lee Stanley is the United States Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, having assumed that office in 2010.-Biography:Clifford L...
, USMC (ret.), 2008- - William Lloyd Stearman, 2004-2008
- Daniel F. Stella, 1992
- William N. Still, Jr.William N. Still, Jr.William Norwood Still, Jr. , is an American maritime historian, who was the first director of the program in maritime history at East Carolina University and a noted author of works on Civil War history and U.S...
, 1996-2005 - Gordon B. Turner, 1972-1980
- Betty Miller UnterbergerBetty Miller UnterbergerBetty Miller Unterberger is a retired historian, who as professor of American international relations spent the bulk of her extensive academic career at Texas A&M University...
, 1992-1996 - Walter P. Webb, 1954
- Walter Muir WhitehillWalter Muir WhitehillWalter Muir Whitehill was an author, historian and the Director and Librarian of the Boston Athenaeum from 1946 to 1973. He was also editor for publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts from 1946 to 1978. From 1951 to 1972 Whitehill was a professor at Harvard University.Whitehill's...
, 1952-1972 - William D. Wilkinson, 1996
- Virginia Steele Wood, 2002 - 2007
- CAPT Channing M. Zucker, USN (ret.), 2007 -
Charter
CHARTER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY’S ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE ON NAVAL HISTORY- A. Official Designation: The Subcommittee shall be known as the Secretary of the Navy’s Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History (hereinafter referred to as the SNAS).
- B. Background, Objectives, and Scope of Activities: Formally established as a committee of eleven civilians in 1956 as the Secretary of the Navy’s Advisory Committee on Naval History, this body had as its direct and immediate antecedent an ad hoc advisory committee that met in 1952, 1954, and 1955. In 1996, the Committee was made a subcommittee of the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee. The current SNAS reports to the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee through the Secretary of the Navy. The SNAS, under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), shall provide independent advice and recommendations on matters pertaining to preserving the heritage and legacy of the Naval Service and disseminating its rich history to the Service and the American public, to include professional standards, methodology, program priorities, and cooperative relationships in the Marine Corps and Navy’s historical research and publication, museum, archival, archeological, library, manuscript collection, rare book collection, art collection, preservation, and curatorial
activities. The Secretary of the Navy may act upon the SNAS’s advice and recommendations.
- C. Committee Membership: The SNAS shall be composed of not more than fifteen members,
who are appointed by the Secretary of the Navy on the advice of the Assistant Secretary of
the Navy (Installations & Environment). The SNAS shall submit nominations to the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations & Environment). The Director of Naval
History and the President of the Marine Corps University shall make their recommendations
for membership to the SNAS, as a nominating committee. Nominees will include individuals
who have broad managerial experience, vision, and understanding in one or more of the
following areas: military and maritime history, archives, museology, art, library science,
information technology. Members may also include former senior civilian Department of the
Navy officials and retired Navy and Marine Corps personnel. Members appointed by the
Secretary of the Navy, who are not Federal officers or employees, shall serve as Special
Government Employees under the authority of 5 U.S.C. § 3109, and shall be appointed for a
term of four years with the possibility of a one- to two-year extension. With the exception of travel and per diem for official travel, Subcommittee Members shall serve without compensation. The SNAS shall elect its own Chair and Vice-chair from its appointed members.
- D. Committee Meetings: The SNAS shall meet at the call of the Alternate Designated Federal
Officer, in consultation with the Chairperson. The estimated number of SNAS meetings is
one per year. The Alternate Designated Federal Officer shall be a full-time or permanent part-time DoD employee, and shall be appointed in accordance with established DoD policies and
procedures. The Designated Federal Officer and/or Alternate Designated Federal Officer
shall attend all SNAS meetings.
- E. Duration of the Subcommittee: The need for this advisory function is on a continuing basis; however, it is subject to renewal every two years.
- F. Agency Support: The Department of the Navy, through the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations & Environment) shall provide support as deemed necessary for the performance of the Committee’s functions, and shall ensure compliance with the requirements of 5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended.
- G. Termination Date: The Subcommittee shall terminate upon completion of its mission or two
years from the date this Charter is filed, whichever is sooner, unless it is extended by the
Secretary of the Navy or the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee.
- H. Operating Costs: The operating costs will include travel costs and contract support for the SNAS. The estimated annual personnel support costs to the Department of Defense are 0.3 full-time equivalents (FTEs).
- I. Recordkeeping: The records of the SNAS shall be handled according to section 2, General
Records Schedule 26 and appropriate DoD policies and procedures. These records shall be
available for public inspection and copying, subject to the Freedom of Information Act of
1966 (5 U.S.C. § 552, as amended).
- J. Charter/Revisions Approval Process: Subcommittees of the DoD Historical Advisory
Committee are authorized to approve their own charters but they cannot operate
independently of the DoD Historical Advisory Committee. Regardless of the charter, SNAS remains a subcommittee of the parent committee. This Subcommittee Charter was initially approved unanimously by all SNAS members present at the SNAS executive session that took place on 12 September 2008. Revisions may be made with the concurrence of a vote of two-thirds of the appointed members and will be forwarded for information by the SNAS to the DoD Historical Advisory Committee when such revisions are made.
- K. Charter Filed: 12 September 2008.
Source
- Richard W. LeopoldRichard W. LeopoldRichard William Leopold was a prominent diplomatic historian at Northwestern University.-Early life and education:...
, "Historians and the Federal Government: Historical Advisory Committees: State, Defense, and the Atomic Energy Commission," The Pacific Historical Review, vol. 44, No. 3. (Aug 1975), pp. 373-385.