Jerry Pournelle
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Has a Ph.D. in Political Science and a Master's in Experimental Statistics. Until 1978 he was primarily employed in Operations Research and Systems Analysis in the Aerospace Industry. His positions included manager of special studies for Aerospace Corporation, and Associate Director of the Operations Research directorate at North American Rockwell Space Division. He has been Executive Assistant to the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, Professor of Political Science at Pepperdine College, and since 1974 a best-selling science fiction author. His Prince series is used in US Army irregular warfare study classes. In 1980 he became Chairman of the Citizens Advisory Council on National Space Policy. The Council wrote the Transition Team papers in space and space weapons submitted by General Bernard Schriever to the incoming administration, and assisted in preparing Strategic Defense Initiative policies, including parts of the President's 1983 Star War address. The Council was also associated with General Daniel Graham and High Frontier, and served as a technical advisory group to the National Space Council. The Strategy of Technology, co-authored by Pournelle and the late Stefan Possony, has been a textbook in all three service academies as well as the Air War College. In 2006 Dr. Pournelle participated in a U.S. Department of Defense-sponsored NATO conference at Wilton Park. Dr. Pournelle continues to write science fact and fiction, and has written a regular column on high technology and civilization from 1980 to present.
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