Alexander DeConde (November 13, 1920, in Utica, New York – May 28, 2016, in Goleta, California)[1][2] was a historian of United States diplomatic history.
[5] He subsequently joined the history department at the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he remained until his retirement in 1991.
He helped to establish the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations together with Joseph P. O'Grady of LaSalle College (Philadelphia) and David M. Pletcher of Indiana University.
DeConde served as the Society’s second president and remained actively involved in the organization for the rest of his career.
He also held elected and committee roles in the Organization of American History, and served as vice president and president of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association.