About George Athan Billias
George Athan Billias (June 26, 1919 – August 16, 2018) was an American historian. == Early life == Billias was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, and graduated from Lynn English High School in 1937. He received his B.A. from Bates College in 1948 and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1958. He joined the United States Army in 1941 and became a medical administrative officer in 1942. During World War II, he received the Bronze Star for gallantry in evacuating wounded from the Remagen bridgehead during the Battle for the Ludendorf Bridge across the Rhine River in March 1945. He served as a civilian National Defense Historian with the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1954 and was at the Eastern Air Defense Force in Stewart Air Force Base, Newburgh, New York. == Career == Billias held the Jacob and Frances Hiatt Chair at Clark University from 1983 until his retirement in 1989. Following his retirement, he was awarded emeritus professor status. He has written several books, including George Washington's Generals And Opponents (1994) and General John Glover and His Marblehead Mariners (1960), as well as edited several collections including American Constitutionalism Abroad: Selected Essays in Comparative Constitutional History (1990). Billias also wrote Eldridge Gerry: Founding Father and Republican Statesman.
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