Eric Frederick Goldman was an American historian, Rollins Professor of History at Princeton University, and Presidential advisor.
A graduate of Johns Hopkins University with a Ph.D. in history at age 22. He wrote on national affairs for TIME magazine.In addition ,throughout the course of his life, his works appeared in Harper's Magazine,Holiday,Saturday Review,and The New York Times.
He joined Princeton University as an assistant professor in 1942. He became a full professor in 1955, until retirement in 1985. He was special advisor to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1963 to 1966.He served as president of the Society of American Historians from 1962 to 1969.From 1959 to 1967, he was the moderator on the television program, The Open Mind, on NBC network.
He married Joanna R. Jackson (died 1980). His papers are held at the Library of Congress, and the University of California, Los Angeles.