ICAS Bulletin
Institute for Corean-American Studies, Inc.
Don Oberdorfer
Distinguished Journalist in Residence and Adjunct Professor of
International Relations
Johns Hopkins University's Nitze School of Advanced
International Studies (SAIS)
to address
"The Korean Peninsula: Danger Ahead"
at
ICAS Winter Symposium : Humanity, Peace and Security
February 10, 2004 12:00 NN
- 5:45 PM
Rome Auditorium,
The Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS),
Johns Hopkins University
1619 Massachusetts Ave, NW.,
Washington, D C 20036
Dear Friend:
We are pleased to share with you that Don Oberdorfer will speak on "The
Korean Peninsula: Danger Ahead"at the ICAS Winter Symposium on February 10, 2004 in
Washington D C.
Don Oberdorfer is Distinguished Journalist in Residence and Adjunct
Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University's Nitze School
of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. Previously, Don was
a journalist for 38 years, including 25 years on the Washington Post. He is the
author of five books. His most recent book is the biography of the late Senator
and Ambassador Mike Mansfield, published by Smithsonian Institution Press in October
2003.
Oberdorfer is a native of Atlanta, Ga. Don graduated from Princeton University
in 1952 and served as a U.S. Army lieutenant in Korea immediately following the
signing of the armistice in 1953. Don began his journalistic career in 1955 on the
Charlotte (N.C.) Observer and also worked for the Saturday Evening Post magazine
and as national correspondent of Knight Newspapers. He joined the Washington Post
in 1968 and covered the Nixon White House, Northeast Asia (based in Tokyo) and U.S.
diplomacy, including 17 years as Diplomatic Correspondent before retiring from journalism
in 1993.
Don is the author of thousands of newspaper articles on current affairs
and dozens of magazine articles. His first book, Tet! (Doubleday, 1971; Da Capo
Press, 1984; Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001), a political-military history
of the turning point of the Vietnam War, was a finalist for the National Book Award
in 1971. It was republished in 1973, 1984 and most recently by Johns Hopkins University
Press in 2001. His second book, The Turn: From the Cold War to a New Era, (Poseidon
Press, 1991; Touchstone Press, 1992) was republished in expanded form in May 1998
by Johns Hopkins University Press under the title, From the Cold War to a New Era.
His third work, Princeton University: The First 250 Years, was published by Princeton
in 1995 to commemorate its 250th birthday.
His fourth book, The Two Koreas: A
Contemporary History, on the North-South struggle in Korea, was published in October
1997 by Addison-Wesley and subsequently in London, Seoul and Tokyo. The Japanese
edition was awarded the 10th annual Asia-Pacific Book Prize. An updated edition
was published by Basic Books in 2001.
Don has won many awards for journalistic
excellence. He twice won the National Press Club's Edwin M. Hood Award for diplomatic
correspondence (in 1981 and again in 1988.) He was also twice winner of Georgetown
University's annual Edward Weintal prize for diplomatic reporting (in 1982 and 1993).
Don served as a visiting professor at Princeton University in 1977, 1982 and 1986.
In 1996 Princeton bestowed on him its Woodrow Wilson Award given annually to a graduate
for exemplary service to the nation.
In 1994-96 Don was president of Overseas
Writers, founded in 1921, a professional association of American and foreign journalists
who focus on U.S. diplomacy in Washington. In 1986-9 he chaired the advisory committee
of the Washington Center of the Asia Society. Don is a member of the Asia Society
and the Council on Foreign Relations and currently is program chair of the Washington
Institute on Foreign Affairs, an organization of retired senior U.S. diplomats,
military officers and journalists.
He is married to the former Laura Klein,
who recently retired as a language specialist at American University. They have
two children, Dan, an attorney in Minneapolis, and Karen, a small business proprietor
in the San Francisco Bay area.
Don was a featured speaker at the ICAS Winter Symposium
- February 13 1998, University of Pennsylvania - where he addressed "Seoul-Washington
Relationship: How Strong, and How Stable (ICAS Lectures 98-213-DOO)?". Thank you.
Sincerely,
Sang Joo Kim / signed
Sr. Fellow & Executive Vice President
ICAS
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