Theodore Friend
Encyclopedia
Theodore Friend is an American historian
, novelist, and teacher, a former President of Swarthmore College
.
with a B.A. in 1953 and 2008, and from Yale University
with a Ph.D. in 1958. In 1960, he married Elizabeth Pierson; they had three children; she died in 2003. His son is the writer Tad Friend
.
He is President Emeritus of Eisenhower Fellowships, he continued as a trustee of its national and international board.
He is Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute
.
He also chairs the review panel for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. In 2004 he served Distinguished Visiting Professor of Southeast Asian Studies at the Johns Hopkins University
, School of Advanced International Studies.
His papers are held at Swarthmore College.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, novelist, and teacher, a former President of Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia....
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Life
He is the son of Theodore Wood and Jessica H. (Merrick) Friend. He graduated from Williams CollegeWilliams College
Williams College is a private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams. Originally a men's college, Williams became co-educational in 1970. Fraternities were also phased out during this...
with a B.A. in 1953 and 2008, and from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
with a Ph.D. in 1958. In 1960, he married Elizabeth Pierson; they had three children; she died in 2003. His son is the writer Tad Friend
Tad Friend
Tad Friend is a staff writer for The New Yorker. His current focus of coverage is the entertainment industry, and he often writes the "Letter from California" for The New Yorker. His memoir, Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor, was published by Little, Brown in...
.
He is President Emeritus of Eisenhower Fellowships, he continued as a trustee of its national and international board.
He is Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Foreign Policy Research Institute
The Foreign Policy Research Institute is an American neoconservative think tank based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is "devoted to bringing the insights of scholarship to bear on the development of policies that advance U.S...
.
He also chairs the review panel for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. In 2004 he served Distinguished Visiting Professor of Southeast Asian Studies at the Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
, School of Advanced International Studies.
His papers are held at Swarthmore College.
Works
- Between two empires: the ordeal of the Philippines, 1929-1946, Yale University Press, 1965
- The Blue-Eyed Enemy: Japan Against the West in Java and Luzon, Books on Demand, ISBN 9780608063522