Parker Thomas Moon
Template:Short description Parker Thomas Moon (June 5, 1892 – June 11, 1936) was an American political scientist who as an expert in international relations and researcher on international peace, participated in the U.S. delegation to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 after World War I.<ref name=nysun>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=chr>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Moon was born in New York City in 1892, and graduated from high school in Yonkers in 1909.<ref name=sc>Template:Cite news</ref> He attended Columbia University, completing a Bachelor of Science degree in 1913 and a PhD in political science in 1921.<ref name=sc/> He joined the faculty at Columbia in 1920 initially as a history instructor, but then became an assistant professor in international relations in 1925, an associate professor in 1926, and a full professor in 1931.<ref name=nysun/>
Moon was a member of a study group of academics established by President Woodrow Wilson in 1917, led by Wilson’s foreign policy adviser Colonel Edward M. House, to prepare materials for postwar peace negotiations.<ref name=nysun/> Moon subsequently served in 1918 and 1919 on the American Commission to Negotiate Peace at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919.<ref name=nysun/>
A convert to Roman Catholicism, after the war Moon served as president of the American Catholic Historical Association in 1926, and as president of the Catholic Association for International Peace for several years.<ref name=acha>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=chr/> He was also editor of the journal Political Science Quarterly from 1928 to 1936.<ref name=nysun/>
Works
Moon’s published works included:
- The Labor Problem and the Social Catholic Movement in France (1921)
- Modern History (1923), co-written with Carlton J. H. Hayes
- Syllabus on International Relations (1925)
- Imperialism and World Politics (1926)
- Ancient and Medieval History (1929), co-written with Carlton J. H. Hayes
- Money and Credit in the Recovery Program (1934) (editor)