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Ward, Robert E., 1916-2009

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Personal name headingWard, Robert E., 1916-2009
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Variant(s)Ward, Robert Edward
Birth date19160129
Death date20091207
Place of deathPortola Valley, Calif.
Field of activityPolitical science
Japanese politics
AffiliationUniversity of Michigan
University of Michigan. Center for Japanese Studies
Stanford University
Association for Asian Studies
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
United States. Office of Naval Intelligence
Profession or occupationProfessor
Found inJapanese political science: a guide to Japanese reference and research materials, 1961: title page (Robert E. Ward)
Studying politics abroad, c1964: title page (Robert E. Ward) page 4 of cover (Professor of Political Science and a senior staff member of the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Michigan; he is a past secretary and director of the Association for Asian Studies, and has worked and travelled extensively in Eastern Asia)
Japan's political system, c1978: title page (Robert E. Ward, Stanford University)
Democratizing Japan: the allied occupation, 1987: title page (Robert E. Ward)
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 2012 volume 156, number 1, page 106-108 (Robert E. Ward; Professor Emeritus Robert E. Ward of Stanford University; born January 29, 1916; died at the age of 93 on December 7, 2009 in Portola Valley, CA; Dr. Ward was Professor of Political Science and the first Director of the Center for Research in International Studies at Stanford University from 1973 to 1987; he was also a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution; Dr. Ward received his B.A. degree from Stanford University in 1936 and his Ph. D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1948; during World War II he served in U.S. Naval Intelligence, receiving the Legion of Merit award; from 1948 to 1973, Dr. Ward was on the faculty of the University of Michigan, serving as a Professor of Political Science and director of the Center for Japanese Studies from 1965-1968 and again from 1971-1973; he moved to Stanford University in 1973 and retired in 1987; his principal areas of professional interest were in comparative politics, especially Japanese politics, international relations, and political development)
ancestry.com, via WWW, February 11, 2013 (Robert Edward Ward, Robert E. Ward; born January 29, 1916; died December 7, 2009)