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Reischauer</b></font><p><img src="edwin-o-reischauer.jpg" height=244 width=209 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Edwin O. Reischauer"><b>AKA</b> Edwin Oldfather Reischauer<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/806/000106488/" class=proflink>15-Oct</a>-<a href="/lists/909/000105594/" class=proflink>1910</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/831/000069624/" class=proflink>Tokyo, Japan</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/131/000106810/" class=proflink>1-Sep</a>-<a href="/lists/500/000106182/" class=proflink>1990</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/563/000069356/" class=proflink>La Jolla, CA</a><br><b>Cause of death:</b> Hepatitis<br><b>Remains:</b> Cremated (ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean)<br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> <a href="/lists/236/000069029/" class=proflink>Diplomat</a>, <a href="/lists/228/000069021/" class=proflink>Scholar</a><p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> US Ambassador to Japan, 1961-66<p><b>Military service:</b> US Army (Military Intelligence Service, 1943-45, lt. col.)<p><b>Father:</b> (professor at Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan)<br><b>Mother:</b> (founded Japan School for the Deaf, Machida, Japan)<br><b>Wife:</b> Adrienne Elinor Danton (m. 5-Jul-1935, d. 17-Jan-1955 heart failure)<br><b>Wife:</b> Haru Matsukata (m. 6-Jan-1956)<br><p> High School: American School, Tokyo<br> University: <a href="/edu/552/000079315/">BA History, Oberlin College (1931)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/473/000068269/">PhD Japanese Studies, Harvard University</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/473/000068269/">Japanese Studies, Harvard University (1938-42)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/473/000068269/">Japanese Studies, Harvard University (1956-61)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/473/000068269/">Japanese Studies, Harvard University (1966-81)</a><br><p> <a href="/gov/372/000120012/">US Ambassador to Japan</a> (1961-66)<br> <a href="/gov/938/000127557/">US State Department</a> Special Assistant to Director of Office of Far Eastern Affairs (1945-46)<br> <a href="/org/247/000043118/">Trilateral Commission</a> (1973-)<br> <a href="/org/443/000048299/">American Historical Association</a> <br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/593/000070383/">Hepatitis</a><br> <p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Japan, Past and Present</i> (<tt>1946</tt>, history)<br><i>The United States and Japan</i> (<tt>1950</tt>, history)<br><i>Translations from Early Japanese Literature</i> (<tt>1951</tt>, literature, with Joseph K. Yamagiwa)<br><i>Wanted: An Asian Policy</i> (<tt>1955</tt>, history)<br><i>A History of East Asian Civilization, vol. 1: The Great Tradition</i> (<tt>1960</tt>, history, with John K. Fairbank)<br><i>A History of East Asian Civilization, vol. 2: East Asia: The Modern Transformation</i> (<tt>1965</tt>, history, with John K. Fairbank)<br><i>Beyond Vietnam: The United States and Asia</i> (<tt>1968</tt>)<br><i>Japan: The Story of a Nation</i> (<tt>1970</tt>, history)<br><i>United States and China: The Next Decade</i> (<tt>1970</tt>, foreign policy, with <a href="/people/045/000128658/">A. Doak Barnett</a>)<br><i>Toward the 21st Century: Education for a Changing World</i> (<tt>1973</tt>)<br><i>The Japanese</i> (<tt>1977</tt>, history)<br><i>My Life Between Japan and America</i> (<tt>1986</tt>, memoir)<br><i>The Japanese Today: Change and Continuity</i> (<tt>1988</tt>, history)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=122327"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=122327">Edwin O. 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