Alexander Dallin
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Professor Alexander Dallin (born May 21, 1924, in Germany
- died July 22, 2000) served as Raymond A. Spruance
Professor of International History, in the Center for Russian and East European Studies (CREES) at Stanford University
. (It has since been renamed the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, adding an E to the acronym).
Dallin arrived in the United States in 1940. He studied at Harvard
and worked on a project interviewing emigrees from the Soviet Union
. The program evaluated the workings of the Soviet government based on reports of those interviewed. He worked in the Russian Institute at Columbia University
before coming to Stanford. He published many works and received the Wolfson History Prize
.
He was married to Gail W. Lapidus, a person who shared his encyclopedic knowledge of eastern Europe and who served as senior fellow at IIS and Professor of Political Science. Dallin was frequently present in open-to-the-public CREES seminars on campus where his expertise and talent were shared. The Faculty Senate at Stanford reported that Dallin, "...chaired virtually every major committee in the field and was a long-term Board Member and President of the AAASS, the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies."
David Holloway and Norman Naimark edited a book in honor of Dr. Dallin, Reexamining the Soviet experience: essays in honor of Alexander Dallin (ISBN 0-8133-8954-2) published in 1996.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
- died July 22, 2000) served as Raymond A. Spruance
Raymond A. Spruance
Raymond Ames Spruance was a United States Navy admiral in World War II.Spruance commanded US naval forces during two of the most significant naval battles in the Pacific theater, the Battle of Midway and the Battle of the Philippine Sea...
Professor of International History, in the Center for Russian and East European Studies (CREES) at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. (It has since been renamed the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, adding an E to the acronym).
Dallin arrived in the United States in 1940. He studied at Harvard
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and worked on a project interviewing emigrees from the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. The program evaluated the workings of the Soviet government based on reports of those interviewed. He worked in the Russian Institute at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
before coming to Stanford. He published many works and received the Wolfson History Prize
Wolfson History Prize
The Wolfson History Prizes are literary awards given annually in the United Kingdom to promote and encourage standards of excellence in the writing of history for the general public...
.
He was married to Gail W. Lapidus, a person who shared his encyclopedic knowledge of eastern Europe and who served as senior fellow at IIS and Professor of Political Science. Dallin was frequently present in open-to-the-public CREES seminars on campus where his expertise and talent were shared. The Faculty Senate at Stanford reported that Dallin, "...chaired virtually every major committee in the field and was a long-term Board Member and President of the AAASS, the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies."
David Holloway and Norman Naimark edited a book in honor of Dr. Dallin, Reexamining the Soviet experience: essays in honor of Alexander Dallin (ISBN 0-8133-8954-2) published in 1996.
Published works (partial list)
- Black Box: KAL007 and the Superpowers, (Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1985).
- Alexander Dallin and Condoleezza RiceCondoleezza RiceCondoleezza Rice is an American political scientist and diplomat. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, and was the second person to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush...
, eds., The GorbachevMikhail GorbachevMikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991...
era, (Stanford, California: Stanford Alumni Association, 1986). - German Rule in Russia: 1941-1945, Octagon Books: 1990.
- Between totalitarianismTotalitarianismTotalitarianism is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible...
and pluralism, (New York: Garland Publishing, 1992).
Sources
- "Obituaries: Alexander Dallin, 76, Ex-Stanford Scholar," San Jose Mercury News, July 26, 2000.
- Ancestry Library web site http://www.ancestrylibrary.com/
- "Memorial Resolution: Alexander Dallin," (SenD#5220), Stanford Faculty Senate, July 2000.
- United States Library of Congress catalog.
- 79: Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series, Gale Group, 1999.