Beer, Samuel H. (Samuel Hutchison), 1911-2009

Samuel Hutchison Beer (b. July 28, 1911, Bucyrus, Ohio-d. April 7, 2009, Washington, D.C.) was a military officer, historian, educator, and Massachusetts political figure. He was a captain in the Office of the U.S. Military Government of Germany (OMGUS) in 1945. In 1946, he joined the faculty of Harvard University where he became one of Harvard's most popular and iconic professors, teaching its undergraduates "Western Thought and Institutions". Later, Beer was the Massachusetts chairman of the Americans for Democratic Action from 1955 to 1957, then its national chairman from 1959 to 1962.

From the description of Beer, Samuel Hutchison, 1911-2009 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10580889