Hallowell, John H. (John Hamilton), 1913-1991

John H. Hallowell served as Professor of Political Science and as Director of the Lilly Endowment Research Program in Christianity at Duke University.

From the description of John H. Hallowell papers, 1942-1981. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 57226172

John Hamilton Hallowell was born in Spokane, Washington in 1913. He received degrees from Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1935), Duke University (M.A., 1937), Princeton University (Ph.D., 1939), and College of Holy Cross (Litt. D., 1963). Early in his career, Hallowell taught politics at Princeton University and the University of California at Los Angeles. He was later a Visiting Professor at Stanford University, University of Illinois, University of North Carolina, and a Charles R. Walgreen lecturer at the University of Chicago. Hallowell was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship (1955-1956) and was a Fulbright professor at University of Western Australia in Perth (1983).

In 1942, Hallowell came to Duke University. He began teaching as an Associate Professor of Political Science and became a full Professor in 1950. From 1964 to 1971, Hallowell was Chair of the Political Science Department; he was the James B. Duke Professor of Political Science from 1975-1982. Hallowell received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities to fund summer seminars for students and instructors of political science at Duke University.

At Duke University, Hallowell served on committees concerning athletics, fellowship on campus, research ethics, curriculum, and instructor development. He was Director of the Lilly Endowment Research Program in Christianity and Politics (1957-1968), a scholarship-granting organization supporting the study of theology and community service. Hallowell also led two political campaigns among his colleagues in North Carolina: a campaign in favor of Lyndon B. Johnson for President of the United States, and a campaign opposing the establishment of a Richard M. Nixon presidential library on campus. Outside of Duke University, he served with other theologians on the Commission for Church-State Relations, and as the President of the Southern Political Science Association (1963-1964).

Some of Hallowell's publications include: The Decline of Liberalism as an Ideology (1943), Main Currents in Modern Political Thought (1950), and The Moral Foundation of Democracy (1953). Hallowell was the editor of Development, For What? (1964), Eric Voegelin's From Enlightenment to Revolution (1975), Prospects for Constitutional Democracy (1976), and Journal of Politics .

After 40 years of service to Duke University, Hallowell died in 1991.

From the guide to the John H. Hallowell Papers, ., 1942 - 1981, (University Archives, Duke University)