Background
Munger, Edwin Stanton was born on November 19, 1921 in LaGrange, Illinois, United States. Son of Royal Freeman and Mia (Stanton) Munger.
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Edwin Stanton Munger
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Bachelor of Science, University Chicago, 1948; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1951.
Career
Fulbright fellow Makerere University, 1949-1950. Research fellow University Chicago. Field associate American Universities Field Staff, 1950-1960.
Faculty California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, from 1961, professor political geography, 1960—1988, professor emeritus, 1988—2010. Research fellow Stellenbosch University, 1955-1956. Visiting professor University Warsaw, 1973.
Achievements
Membership
Evaluator Peace Corps, Uganda, 1966, Botswana, 1967. Chairman State Department Evalustion Team South Africa, 1971. Trustee African-American Institute, 1956-1962.
Acting president Pasadena Playhouse, 1966. Chairman board trustees Crane Rogers Foundation, 1979-1982, fellow, 1950-1954. Member executive committee National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Pasadena, 1979-2010, national delegate, 1984, 85.
Trustee Leakey Foundation, 1968-2010, president, 1971-1984. President Cape of Good Hope Foundation, 1985-2010. President International Visiting Council, Los Angeles, 1991-1993, board directors, 1979-1993.
Fellow South African Royal Society, Royal Society Arts, African Studies Association (founding board directors 1963-1966, Martin L. King Ikeda-Mahatma Gandhi award 2002). Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association United States of America West (vice president), Council Foreign Relations, Cosmos Club, Athenaeum Club, Twilight Club, Chess Collectors International (board directors 1998-2010).
Connections
Married Ann Boyer, May 2, 1970. 1 child, Elizabeth Stanton Gibson.
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Nationality
American