Mershon Center Brochure 2007-08
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2007
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Mershon Center for International Security Studies
Abstract
The mission of the Mershon Center for
International Security Studies is to advance
the understanding of national security in a
global context.
The center does this by fostering research in
three areas of focus:
• Use of force and diplomacy.
• Ideas, identities, and decisional processes that affect security.
• Institutions that manage violent conflict.
The Mershon Center is named after Col. Ralph D. Mershon, an
1890 graduate of The Ohio State University. Mershon organized
the American engineers for service in World War I and
led the effort to create the Reserve Officer Training Corps. He
was also an electrical engineer who held a number of patents.
Mershon died in 1952, leaving a bequest to Ohio State to be
used in part for the civilian study of national security matters.
This money was used to start the Mershon Center. The
center is also supported by community gifts and grant money.
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The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history.
Keywords
Mershon Center, national security, security studies, use of force, diplomacy, national identity, international relations, political science