Dr. Beers is an expert on United States Far Eastern policy, and served as professor of Asian Studies in the Department of History at North Carolina State University (1955-1995). He was a Fellow in East Asian Studies (Ford Foundation, Harvard University) from 1959 to 1960, and a Fullbright Lecturer at the National Taiwan University from 1966 to 1967. In 1970 he was awarded the Alumni Distinguished Professor award at North Carolina State University.
From the description of Burton F. Beers papers, 1940-1993 [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 489235667