Edward M. Coffman

Who is Edward M. Coffman?

Edward M. Coffman, military historian, University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Emeritus, was born in Hopkinsville, KY and earned his BA, MA, and PhD at the University of Kentucky. He served as an Infantry officer in the U.S. Army in 1951-53. He taught at Memphis State University for two years and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He was Forrest Pogue's research assistant on the first volume of his biography of George C. Marshall. He spent a year each as a visiting professor at Kansas State University, U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, Army War College, and the Army Command and General Staff College. He has served on the History Book Club advisory committee since 1987. A member of the Society for Military History since 1956, he has held several offices including president. He served on the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and the Department of the Army History Committee for six years and as chair for an additional four years. He received a Southern Faculty Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is a member of the UK Phi Beta Kappa chapter and is an Honorary Graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College.