Background
III, George Oakley Totten, was born on July 21, 1922 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of George Oakley Totten Junior and Vicken (von Post) Börjesson Totten Barrois.
III, George Oakley Totten, was born on July 21, 1922 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of George Oakley Totten Junior and Vicken (von Post) Börjesson Totten Barrois.
Certified, University Michigan, 1943. AB, Columbia University, 1946. AM, Columbia University, 1949.
Master of Arts, Yale University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1954. Docentur i japanologi, Stockholm University, 1977.
Lecturer Columbia University, New York City, 1954-1955. Research associate Fletcher School Law and Diplomacy Harvard University and Tufts University, Massachusetts, 1956—1958. Assistant professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1958-1959, Boston University, 1959-1961.
Associate professor University Rhode Island, Kingston, 1961-1964, Michigan State University, 1964—1965. Associate professor political science University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1965-1968, professor, 1968-1992, chairman department, 1980-1986, professor emeritus, 1992—1996, distinguished professor emeritus, from 1996. Director, founder California Private Universities and Colleges Year-in-Japan program Weseda University, 1967-1973.
1st director East Asian Studies Center, 1974-1977. 1st non-linguistics director University of Southern California-University of California at Los Angeles Joint East Asian Studies Center, 1976-1977. Senior affiliated scholar Center for Multiethnic and Transnat.
Studies, 1993-1998; chair University of Southern California Korea Project, since 1998. Visiting professor University Stockholm, 1977-1979, 1st director Center Pacific Asia Studies, 1986-1989, senior counselor board directors, since 1989. Honorary president Huaxiu Private School, Anyang City, Henan Province, China, since 1999.
Visiting professor Center for Japanese Studies, University Hawaii, Manoa, 1992-1993. 1st lieutenant Army of the United States, 1942-1946, PTO.
Member council China Society for People's Friendship Studies, Beijing, from 1991. Member national advisory committee Association Korean Political Studies in North America, from 1992, vice president, 1996—1998. Advisor Chinese American Alliance for China's Peaceful Reunification, from 2002.
Member national advisory committee Japan American Student Conference, 1984—2005. Vice president Lilia Li's China Seminar, 1985—2004. Member United States-China People's Friendship Association, Washington, from 1974, Committee on United States-China Relations, New York City, from 1975.
Chairman Los Angeles-Pusan Sister City Association, Los Angeles, 1976—1977. Founding member Los Angeles-Guangzhou Sister City Association, 1981, board directors, from 1990. Member World Feds., 1982—2004, Citizens for Global Solutions, from 2004.
Board directors Association for Study of Korean Culture and Identity, 1999—2000. Member of University Southern California Faculty Center, European Association Japanese Studies, Japan-American Society California (board directors 1990-1994), Japanese Political Science Association, International Studies Association, International Political Science Association, Asia Society, American Political Science Association, Association Asian Studies, Swedish Club of Los Angeles, Phi Beta Delta (founding member Beta Kappa chapter since 1993).
K George Oakley Totten Junior and Vicken (von Post) Totten Barrois. Married Astrid Maria Anderson, June, 1948 (deceased April 26, 1975). Children: Vicken Yuriko, Linnea Catherine.
Married Lilia Huiying Li, July 1, 1976. 1 child, Blanche Maluk Lemes.