Lincoln Palmer Bloomfield (1920-2013) was an American academic and expert on foreign affairs who served as a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
[2][1] Bloomfield served in the US Navy and Office of Strategic Services during World War II,[2] worked in the State Department in the early years of the United Nations until 1956, and in 1979 was director of global issues on the National Security Council during the Carter administration.
[4] Bloomfield's work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology included designing and leading war games aimed at preventing escalation to nuclear war and the development of the CASCON conflict analysis system, featuring an interactive software and database.
[7] He taught for four semesters at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.
[1] Lincoln P. Bloomfield is the father of Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr., a former United States Defense Department, Office of the Vice President and State Department official.