Richard L. Walker AKA Richard Louis Walker Born: 13-Apr-1922 Birthplace: Bellefonte, PA Died: 22-Jul-2003 Location of death: Columbia, SC Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Scholar Nationality: United States Executive summary: US Ambassador to South Korea, 1981-86 Military service: US Army (Chinese interpreter, 1943-46) Father: Robert Shortlidge Mother: Genevieve Bible Walker Wife: Celeno Kenly Walker (m. 45 years, d., three children) Son: Geoffrey Kenly Walker Daughter: Anne Walker Cleveland Son: S. Bradley Walker
University: BA, Drew University (1944) University: MA Far Eastern and Russian Studies, Yale University (1947) University: PhD International Relations, Yale University (1950) Professor: History, Yale University (1950-57) Professor: International Relations, University of South Carolina (1957-) Administrator: Chair, International Studies, University of South Carolina (1957-72) Professor: International Politics, National War College (1960-61) Administrator: Director, Institute of International Studies, University of South Carolina (1961-81)
US Ambassador to South Korea (1981-86) Association for Asian Studies American Association for China Studies National President (1995-97)
American Association for China Studies Board of Directors
Institute for Corean-American Studies Distinguished Fellow National Committee on US-China Relations Board of Directors Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society Pi Gamma Mu Honor Society United States Strategic Institute Board of Directors
Author of books:
China Under Communism: The First Five Years (1955, nonfiction) China and the West: Cultural Collision (1956, foreign relations, editor) The China Danger (1966, nonfiction) Ancient China and its Influence in Modern Times (1969, history) Prospects in the Pacific (1972, foreign relations, editor) Ancient Japan and its Influence in Modern Times (1975, history)
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