Wheeler, Harvey, 1918-2004

John Harvey Wheeler was born in Waco, Texas on October 17, 1918. He died in Santa Barbara, California on September 6, 2004. CSDI: Staff, 1961-1964; Fellow/Senior Fellow, 1965-1975; Program Director, 1969-1975. He taught political science at Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Washington & Lee University before coming to the Center.

From the description of Harvey Wheeler Papers, [ca. 1940s-1990s] (bulk dates 1950s-1970s) (University of California, Santa Barbara). WorldCat record id: 212433253

Biography

The following information is drawn primarily from the Harvey Wheeler section of the CSDI Collection (Mss 18):

Born: John Harvey Wheeler, Waco, Texas, Oct. 17, 1918; died: Santa Barbara, California, September 6, 2004. CSDI: Staff, 1961-1964; Fellow/Senior Fellow, 1965-1975; Program Director, 1969-1975. Taught political science at Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Washington & Lee University before coming to the Center. Publications include: Fail-Safe (novel, with Eugene Burdick, 1962), Harvey Wheeler on the Restoration of Politics (CSDI Occasional Paper, 1965), Harvey Wheeler on the Rise and Fall of Liberal Democracy (CSDI Occasional Paper, 1966), Democracy in a Revolutionary Era: The Political Order Today (1968), The Politics of Revolution (1971), Beyond the Punitive Society; Operant Conditioning: Social and Political Aspects (1973), and Goethe and the Sciences (editor, with Frederick Amrine and Francis J. Zucker, 1987).

From the guide to the Harvey Wheeler Papers, ca. 1940s-1990s, 1950s-1970s, (University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections)