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Williamson Murray (born November 23, 1941) is an American historian and author. He has authored numerous works on history and strategic studies and served as an editor on other projects extensively. As of 2012, he is a professor emeritus of history at Ohio State University. Murray completed his secondary education in 1959 at Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts.

He attended Yale University, graduating in 1963 with honors in history. Following graduation, he served as an officer in the United States Air Force for five years. He was assigned a tour of duty in Southeast Asia with the 314th Tactical Airlift Wing operating C-130s. Following his military service, he returned to Yale as a graduate student in the Department of History and 1974, earned his Ph.D. in military-diplomatic history.

After graduating from Yale, Murray taught in the school's history department for two years. In 1977 he worked as a military and diplomatic historian at Ohio State University. He was awarded the Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award in 1987. He retired from Ohio State in 1995 as a professor emeritus of history. He has taught at several universities, military academies, and war colleges, including the United States Air War College, the United States Military Academy, and the Naval War College. 

He has served as a Secretary of the Navy Fellow at the Navy War College, the Centennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, the Matthew C. Horner Professor of Military Theory at the Marine Corps University, the Charles Lindbergh Chair at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum, and the Harold K. Johnson Professor of Military History at the Army War College".

He has authored numerous works on history and strategic studies and served as an editor on other projects extensively. As of 2012, he is a professor emeritus of history at Ohio State University.

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