Edwin Dorn
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Edwin Dorn | |
|---|---|
 Edwin Dorn in August 1996 | |
| Dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs | |
| In office July 1997 – 31 December 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Max R. Sherman |
| Succeeded by | Bobby R. Inman |
| Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness | |
| In office 16 March 1994 – 7 July 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Rudy de Leon |
| Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management and Personnel | |
| In office 2 July 1993 – 16 March 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Christopher Jehn |
| Succeeded by | Frederick F. Y. Pang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 March 1945 |
| Education | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1970–1972 |
| Rank | Captain |
Edwin Dorn (born 26 March 1945) is a political scientist who served as dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs from July 1997 to December 2004.[1] He previously served as Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness from March 1994 to July 1997.[2] Also in 1994, Dorn was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.[3]
Born in Crockett, Texas, Dorn graduated from Jack Yates High School in Houston in June 1963. He earned a B.A. degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin in June 1967, an M.A. degree in political science from Indiana University Bloomington in January 1970 and a Ph.D. degree in political science from Yale University in June 1978.[4][5] His doctoral thesis was entitled Rules and Racial Equality.[6] Dorn also studied at the Centre of West African Studies in Birmingham, England from September 1967 to May 1968 under a Fulbright Fellowship.[4][5]
