Jesse Stiller

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Born in 1949 in New York City, Jesse Herbert Stiller earned his PhD in American and European history from the City University of New York, where his dissertation was supervised by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Stiller modeled his own career after that of his mentor. As an academic, he taught history and political science at the City University of New York, the University of Texas, George Washington University, and Montgomery College.

His books include George S. Messersmith: Diplomat of Democracy which shed new light on US relations with Nazi Germany, wartime Cuba and Mexico, and Argentina under Juan Perón, and a collection of essays, Banking Modern America, which traced aspects of the birth and development of the national banking system in the United States. He also published articles and reviews in dozens of books and academic journals.

Stiller served as a command historian for the US Department of the Army (1985-89) before becoming the historian and advisor for executive communications at the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in 1989. In that capacity he wrote policy papers, press articles, congressional testimony, and speeches for his own delivery and for the office’s senior executives, contributing at the same time to the formulation of its regulatory policy.

Since leaving government service in 2017, Stiller has continued to write and teach. He lectures extensively in community settings and on ocean cruise ships, where his lectures are often cited for their insight and liveliness.


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