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John M. H. Lindbeck (b. 8 July 1915 Kinkungshan, Henan, China - 9 January 1970) was an American political scientist and specialist on contemporary China.[1] At the time of his death he was Director of the East Asian Institute, Columbia University, after serving as Associate Director, East Asian Research Center, Harvard University. Before coming to Harvard he served in the United States Department of State as Public Affairs Advisor on Chinese and Overseas China. He chaired the Joint Commission on Contemporary China of the American Council of Learned Societies, and served on the boards of the Committee on Scholarly Communication with Mainland China; National Committee on United-States China Relations[2]

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Background and career

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Lindbeck was born in China to parents who were missionaries of the

Upon returning to the United States for college, <ref name= NYT</ref> he did graduate work at Harvard and University of Michigan before earning his Pd. D. at Yale.

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Selected publications

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References

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  • Barnett, A Doak (1971). "John Lindbeck: A Memorial". The China Quarterly. 45: 155–156. doi:10.1017/S030574100001047X. S2CID 154890885.
  • Richard Baum, China Watching Studies of Chinese Politics in the United States
  • Columbia University CCAS (1971), "The American Asian Studies Establishment", Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, 3 (3–4): 92–103, doi:10.1080/14672715.1971.10416267

Notes

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  1. ^ a b "John Lindbeck, Expert on China, Dies", New York Times: 34, 11 January 1971, retrieved 8 May 2022
  2. ^ Barnett (1971), p. 155.
  3. ^ Barnett (1971), p. 156.
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