Rowe, David Nelson, 1905-1985

A graduate of Princeton University with the Class of 1927, David Nelson Rowe was a member of the Princeton University faculty in the School of Public and International Affairs from 1938 to 1943

From the description of David N. Rowe correspondence, 1944-1948. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 244787535

American political scientist; special assistant to the United States ambassador to China, 1941-1942.

From the description of David Nelson Rowe papers, 1931-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870938

Biographical Note

• October 21, 1905: Born in Nanking (Nanjing), China to American missionaries of the Methodist Episcopal Church
• 1927: AB in political science, Princeton University
• 1930: AM in history, University of Southern California
• 1935: PhD in history, University of Chicago
• 1935 - 1937 : Completed postdoctoral study at Harvard University, in Chinese and Japanese language and Chinese history
• 1937 - 1938 : Attended College of Chinese Studies, Peking (Beijing), China, as a Rockefeller Foundation fellow
• 1938 - 1943 : Lecturer in Far Eastern affairs, Princeton University
• 1941 - 1942 : Special assistant to director, Branch of Research and Analysis, Office of Strategic Services Special assistant to U.S. ambassador, Chungking (Chongqing), China
• 1943: Author, China's Military Potential and the Enforcement of Peace, Yale Institute of International Studies
• 1945: Author, China among the Powers, Harcourt Author, Collective Security in the Pacific, Institute of Pacific Relations
• 1945 - 1950 : Assistant professor of international relations, Yale University
• 1950 - 1974 : Professor of political science, Yale University
• 1951: Consultant to Stanford Research Institute
• 1954: Editor, China: An Area Manual, Johns Hopkins Press
• 1954 - 1955 : Editor (with W. Kendall), China: A Handbook for Psywar Operators, three volumes, U.S. Operations Research
• 1956: Author, Recent Acquisitions of Chinese Diplomatic Archives, Academica Sinica
• 1958 - 1960 : Director of graduate studies in international relations, Yale University
• 1959: Author, Modern China: A Brief History, Van Nostrand
• 1960: Editor, Index to Ch'ing Tai Ch'ou Pan I Wu Shih Mo, Shoe String
• 1964: Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve
• 1965: Editor (with Sofia S.F. Yen), Index to Su-lien Yin-Mou Wen-cheng, Shoe String
• 1965 - 1974 : Director of graduate studies in international relations, Yale University
• 1968: Editor, New Nations, Shoe String
• 1969: Author, The New Diplomacy: International Technical Cooperation Projects of the Republic of China in African Countries, National Council of Scholars
• 1975: Author, Informal Diplomatic Relations: The Case of Japan and the Republic of China, Shoe String
• 1979: Author, U.S. China Policy Today, University of Professors for Academic Order
• 1980: Author, The Carter China Policy
• 1982: Author, Ally Betrayed: The Republic of China, Western Goals
• June 3, 1985: Died, Sun City, Arizona

From the guide to the David Nelson Rowe papers, 1861-1981, (Hoover Institution Archives)