The Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum has published its “Tribute to the Life and Legacy of Marshall D. Shulman.”

The tribute features ten articles about Shulman’s body of research, the man beyond the work, and the legacy he left behind. The articles – written by colleagues, students, and admirers – feature a host of anecdotes that illuminate Shulman as an influential academic, a subtle policymaker, and an unflaggingly congenial humanitarian.

To name only a few facets of Shulman’s life explored in the tribute – the contributors discuss his methodology for understanding Soviet political policy, his tireless advocacy for arms control, his fight for sincerity and pragmatism as a speechwriter in the Truman administration, his careful navigation of peak McCarthyism, and his negotiations with the Harriman family to secure the donation that continues to be the financial lifeblood of the Harriman Institute. Through these stories and many others, this celebration of Shulman’s life and work offers readers an opportunity to reassess a bygone era of East-West politics and diplomacy through one of its most exemplary representatives.

From under that green eye-shaded visor, [Marshall Shulman] looked at the world with a good story to tell and the mien of a great editor or admiral commanding a squadron with an important mission. Greeted with the American superficiality, ‘How are you?’ Marshall almost always replied, ‘I’m peachy.’ Peachy proved one of those selfless paragons who, characteristically, would rather light a candle than curse the darkness. The Harriman Institute is his legacy, as is the Shulman way of doing things so many of us who knew him carry on in our minds and manners.