Hitchcock, LTC Ted, USAF Ret., Social Science Department Head
NMMI(1993) Associate Professor of History
B.A., LaGrange College
M.S.S., University of Mississippi
Ph.D., University of Mississippi
A native Pennsylvanian, who moved to Florida during high school, Ted Hitchcock earned his degrees in History and International Affairs at La Grange College (B.A.), and the University of Mississippi (M.S.S. and Ph.D.). Hoping to utilize his education in the service of his nation, he joined the United States Air Force in 1971. Fortunately, he was assigned to the Intelligence career field as well as the United States Air Force Academy. Both career fields were extremely rewarding. While at USAFA he was able to bring first-hand experiences gained from his worldwide assignments to the classroon. He spent 13 years of a 22 year career teaching cadets and supervising young instructors.
Although always keeping classroom teaching at the forefront of his priorities, Lt. Col. Hitchcock also benefited from research opportunities. Garland Press published his dissertation, Timothy Walker: Antebellum Lawyer as part of its Distinguished Studies In America Legal and Constitutional History series. He also edited The Intelligence Revolution:A Historical Perspective (1991) and The Intelligence Revolution and Modern Warfare (1996). In addition, Ted has also published book review and given papers at various professional conferences. He has participated in summer programs at Yale University (1991), the Institute in Western American Studies at Cody, Wyoming (1995), the USMA-ROTC Military History Fellowship at West Point (1996), and traveled to England and France (1996), Greece and Turkey (1997), and Spain and Portugal (1998) to continue his historical research.
In 1993, Ted retired from the Air Force and accepted a position to teach at New Mexico Military Institute. He was selected by Phi Theta Kappa as the 1994 Outstanding Teacher, won the John F. Burton Professorship (1995), and has been nominated to Who's Who Among American's Teachers (1996-1998). He has served on numerous faculty committees (i.e. Superintendent's ECP and Salary), directed the 1997-98 Lyceum Program, and chaired the Faculty Senate in 1997-1998. Like his sisters and late brother, who were also educators, Ted takes great pride in his good fortune to contribute to the education of America's youth.
