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Ernest S. Griffith, the founding Dean of American University's School of International Service, former director of what is now the Congressional Research Service, and officer of the American Political Science Association, died in Portland, Oregon, on January 17, 1997. He was 100 years old.
Ernest Griffith's vision and energy laid the foundation for the School of International Service, now the largest school of international affairs in the United States. The School's mission to train men and women from all over the world to "wage peace" and to confront basic political, economic, and ethical issues in an increasingly complex world were central to Ernest Griffith's concepts at the school's founding in 1957. As director of the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress (now the Congressional Research Service), Ernest Griffith masterminded its growth as a vital conduit of information and expert analysis for members of Congress and their...