November 19, 2018

Robert H. Donaldson is Trustees Professor of Political Science, Emeritus, at the University of Tulsa, where he was President from 1990 to 1996. Previously he was President of Fairleigh Dickinson University; Provost of Lehman College of the City University of New York; and a Professor and Associate Dean at Vanderbilt University.

He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was a Council International Affairs Fellow in 1973-74, serving as a consultant with the Department of State; he was also a Visiting Research Professor at the Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College in 1978-79. He is author or co-author of six books and about three dozen articles and book chapters, primarily on the politics and foreign policy of the USSR and Russia; his most recent book is The Foreign Policy of Russia: Changing Systems, Enduring Interests, 6th edition, 2018, (with Vidya Nadkarni). Publication is scheduled for mid-October.

Dr. Donaldson has continued to consult with higher education institutions both in the U.S. and abroad and to write and lecture on Russia and world affairs (including frequent lecture engagements on cruise ships). He is Director of the Tulsa Committee on Foreign Relations and former President of the American Committees on Foreign Relations. Since his retirement in 2013, he and his wife Sally have continued to live in Tulsa, where they have been active volunteers.