Military historian and educator John H. Morrow Jr. has received the $100,000 Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for lifetime achievement in military writing from the Chicago museum.

Morrow, 75, chairs the history department at the University of Georgia.

He called the award “the ultimate affirmation” of his career.

He has written or co-written several books on World War I, including “The Great War: An Imperial History,” ″The Great War in the Air” and “German Airpower in World War I.”

Rick Atkinson and James M. McPherson are among those previously honored by the Pritzker museum.