Bruce Campbell Hopper (August 24, 1892 – July 6, 1973) was a World War 1 aviator, newspaper reporter, author, historian, and lecturer who served as an associate professor of government at Harvard University from 1930 to 1961.
He was an early expert on the Soviet Union, authoring influential articles, informing US State department policy, and lecturing extensively for over thirty years.
Among his many students were Joseph P.
Kennedy Jr., John F.
Kennedy, and Ted Kennedy.
Dr.
Hopper advised John F.
Kennedy on the completion of his thesis at Harvard, eventually published as "Why England Slept".