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Curriculum Vitae: FRED W. RIGGS
See published version in
- Who's Who in the West .
- Who's Who in America
- Who's Who in the World
Birth:
Kuling, China, July 3, 1917 (year of the snake); U.S. Citizen, American Parents
Education:
University of Nanking, China. 1934-35.
University of Illinois, B.A. l938
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, M.A., 1941
Columbia University, Ph.D., 1948
Regular Positions Held:
Professor Emeritus, University of Hawaii, 1987-date.
Professor of Political Science, University of Hawaii, 1967-1987.
Director, Social Science Research Institute, Univ. of Hawaii, 1970-73.
Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Government, Indiana University, 1956-1967.
Assistant to Director, Public Administration Clearing House, New York, 1951-55.
Research Associate, Foreign Policy Association, 1948-1951.
Lecturer, City University of New York, 1947-48. Visiting Appointments:
Visiting Professor, City University of New York, 1974-5.
Visiting Scholar, Institute for Social Studies, The Hague, 1972.
Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965-66.
Visiting Professor, University of the Philippines, 1958-59.
Visiting Lecturer, National Officials Training Institute, Korea, 1956.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Yale University, 1955-56.
Honors and Awards:
Dwight Waldo award for lifetime achievements in Public Administration, American Society for Public Administration, April 1991.
Order of White Elephant, conferred by King of Thailand, in Bangkok, 1986.
First non-Asian to be honored by Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration, EROPA Conference, Seoul, Korea, 1983.
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, 1966-67.
Senior Specialist, East-West Center, University of Hawaii, 1962-1963.
Fellow, Committee on Comparative Politics of the Social Science Research Institute, for field research in Thailand, 1957-58.
Professional Activities:
Member, American Society for Public Administration, National Academy for Public Administration, International Political Science Association, International Sociological Association, American Political Science Association, International Studies Association, Association for Asian Studies, International Society for Knowledge Organization, International Institute for Terminology Research, Society for Comparative Research, and various other professional associations and societies.
Co-Chair, Section on Ethnicity, Nationalism and Migration of the International Studies Association, 1995-6.
Co-President, Committee on Viable Constitutionalism (COVICO), 1994-date.
Manager, ETHNIC-L, Computer List for Groups promoting research on Ethnic Questions, 1995-date
Chair, Committee on Lexicographic Terminology (COLT), Dictionary Society of North America, 1983-86.
Director, INTERCOCTA project of International Social Science Council, 1979-1993.
Co-chair: North American Roundtable on Cooperation in Social Science Information, Minneapolis. 1979.
Chair, UNESCO Committee on INTERCONCEPT project, 1977-79.
Chair, Committee on Conceptual and Terminological Analysis, IPSA, ISA, & ISSC, 1973-79. Acting chair, IPSA/COCTA, 1998-2000.
Vice President, International Studies Association, 1970-71.
Chair, Comparative Interdisciplinary Studies Section, International Studies Association, 1970-74.
Chair, Committee on Research Materials on Southeast Asia (CORMOSEA) Asian Studies Association, 1969-73.
Chair, Comparative Administration Group, American Society for Public Administration., 1960-1971.
Editorial Board, Public Administration Review, and various other journals, at different times.
Published Books and Articles -- see Checklist
Materials about Riggs:
"Fred Riggs: An Introduction." In Ramesh K. Arora, ed., Politics and Administration in Changing Societies: Essays in Honour of Professor Fred W. Riggs. New Delhi, India: Associated Publishing House. pp.1-34.
Administrative Thought of Fred W. Riggs, by Sangeeta Sharma, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India. 1989.
Summary and assessment of Riggs contributions to comparative public administration in Howard E. McCurdy, Public Administration: A Synthesis. Menlo Park, CA: Benjamin/Cummings, 1977. pp. 313-325 -- including "A Glossary of Riggsean Terms" pp.320-321. (McCurdy has also prepared an article on Riggs for publication in the Encyclopedia for Public Administration)
Summaries and critical assessments of the work of Riggs can be found in Ferrel Heady, Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective. Fifth Edition. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1996.
A chapter about Riggs appears in S. R. Maheshwari, Administrative Thinkers. New Delhi: Macmillan India, 1998. pp.215-232.
Papers about Riggs can be found at: [] Baaklini || Gamer , || McCurdy
Go to Northern Light and search on Riggs name, or use the ProForma Window at the top of this page.
See also Riggs' autobiographical essay called Intellectual Odyssey
Go toCheck List of Riggs' Publications
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* FRED W. RIGGS, Professor Emeritus
* Political Science Department, University of Hawaii
* 2424 Maile Way, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A.
* Phone: (808) 956-8123 Fax: (808) 956-6877
* e-mail: FREDR@HAWAII.EDU
* Web Page: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~fredr/
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revised 20 July 1996