| 1 | Name: | Dr. Robert E. Ward | |
| Institution: | Stanford University | ||
| Year Elected: | 1973 | ||
| Class: | 3. Social Sciences | ||
| Subdivision: | 304. Jurisprudence and Political Science | ||
| Residency: | Resident | ||
| Living? : | Deceased | ||
| Birth Date: | 1916 | ||
| Death Date: | December 7, 2009 | ||
Robert E. Ward is Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Stanford University. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California in 1948 and went on to teach political science for many years at the University of Michigan, where he also directed the university's Center for Japanese Studies. Highly regarded both in this country and in Japan, Dr. Ward is the author of works including Village Japan; Political Modernization in Japan and Turkey; Japan's Political System; and A Guide to Japanese Reference and Research Materials in the Field of Political Science. He has also served as a member of the Committee on Problems and Policy of the Social Research Council and has taken the lead in cooperative projects involving Japanese and American scholars in a study of the United States post-war occupation of Japan. He is a former president of the American Political Science Association. | |||