ALFRED O. HERO Jr.

Passed away on Friday, January 20, 2006 after a long illness. He was born on February 7, 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana, the only child of Alfred O. Hero, Sr. and Effel A. Pearson. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, class of 1945. From 1945 to 1948 he served in the 309th Infantry Regiment (78th Infantry Division) and the Office of Military Government (OMGUS) in Germany as part of the U.S. Occupation following World War II. In 1950, he was assigned to the Human Research Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel, U.S. Department of the Army in the Pentagon. From 1948-1950 Alfred attended Vanderbilt University where he obtained master's degrees in both psychology and political science. He resigned from the Army in 1953 to complete his Ph.D in International Relations at George Washington University and went on to become editor of the quarterly "International Organization" and Executive Secretary of the World Peace Foundation located in Boston, Massachuettes. During his affiliation with this foundation, Alfred continued his research on U.S. Foreign Policy in general while focusing on U.S. relations with Western Europe and Canada. He retired in 1982 to become a visiting scholar at the Harvard University Center for International Affairs and subsequently a visiting professor of Canadian/U.S. relations and U.S. Foreign Policy at the University of Toronto, Canada. He was a frequent contributor of scholarly articles to the Journal of Foreign Affairs and authored several books on the southerner and world affairs and on U.S./Canadian relations. He is survived by his ex-wife, Barbara F. Hero of Wells, Maine; his four children, Alfred O. Hero III of Ann Arbor, MI; Barbara Hero Macomber of Castine, ME; Michelle Hero Clark of Yarmouth, Maine; and David Evans Hero of Boston, MA. He is also survived by six grandchildren ages 6-27 years. Visitation will be held on Sunday from 2-8 p.m. at the MUEHLIG FUNERAL CHAPEL, 403 South Fourth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Funeral Services and burial will be held Friday, January 27, 2006 at the West Point Military Academy in New York.