Lovell, John P., 1932-

Faculty member, Indiana University Department of Political Science.

Lovell was known nationally for founding and directing the Indiana Center for Global Change and World Peace and the Indiana Consortium for Security Studies, both located at Indiana University.

John Philip Lovell was professor of political science and founding director of the Indiana Center on Global Change and World Peace (now the Center for the Study of Global Change) and the Indiana Consortium for Security Studies at Indiana University Bloomington almost continuously from 1962 until his death on September 15, 1998.

Lovell was born in Racine Wisconsin on August 12, 1932. After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1955, he earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 1959 and 1962, respectively.

Lovell began his teaching career at IUB in 1962, specializing in the relationships between society and the military, U.S. foreign policy, national security policy, international politics, and peace studies. During the span of his 32-year career, Lovell held visiting professorships at the U. S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Army War College, the Strategic Studies Institute in London, the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, and Vassar College; authored or co-authored numerous books, journal articles, chapters in edited volumes, and book reviews; delivered invited, public lectures; and appeared before the media. He retired in 1994 and subsequently was named professor emeritus.