U.S. political scientist and Ethiopia specialist
Under the Mengistu government he worked on asylum and amnesty cases for emigres, helping dozens avoid torture and death; in 2018 he received the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Honour.
American political scientist and Ethiopia specialist who was professor and then professor emeritus at Oklahoma State University. Sources disagree on when he joined the Peace Corps in Addis Ababa: the obituary and the Ethiopian Crown Council say 1963, publisher and library biographies say 1964. He later directed the Educational Resources Center in New Delhi, was dean of continuing education at Austin College and a senior visiting fellow at the University of Tulsa, and taught at OSU from 1988 to 2008. Under the Mengistu government he worked on asylum and amnesty cases for Ethiopian emigres, helping dozens avoid torture and death, and in 2018 he received the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Honour. His books include Ethiopia: A Post-Cold War African State (1999) and The Lion of Judah in the New World (2011).
Career Timeline
- 1933Born in Sherman, Texas
- 1963 또는 1964Joined the U.S. Peace Corps and served as Associate Director in Addis Ababa (dates disputed between sources)
- 1974 이후Advocacy on Ethiopian emigre asylum and amnesty cases
- 1988–2008Professor of Political Science, Oklahoma State University
- 1999Published Ethiopia: A Post-Cold War African State
- 2011Published The Lion of Judah in the New World
- 2018Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Honour
- 2023Died at the age of 89