Mr. Beschloss is an historian specializing in the U.S. presidency and American politics. Mr. Beschloss is familiar to PBS viewers. He is a regular contributor to The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He served as chief historical adviser and appeared in a 1994 two-part documentary on Dwight Eisenhower which aired on The American Experience series. He also appeared in the PBS documentary The Kennedys (1992). Mr. Beschloss holds degrees from Williams College and Harvard University. He has held appointments in history at the Smithsonian Institution, St. Antony's College, Oxford University and the Harvard University Russian Research Center.