George Thomas Little

Background

Little, George Thomas was born on July 28, 1918 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of George Tappan and Bertha Holbrook (Nelson) Little.

Education

AB, Bowdoin College, 1940. Master of Arts, Fletcher School Law, 1941. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1943.

Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1948.

Career

Assistant professor, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1947-1948; assistant professor, U. Connecticut, Hartford, 1950; from assistant professor to professor, U. Vermont, Burlington, 1950-1984; professor emeritus, U. Vermont, Burlington, since 1984; professor, Taichung U., Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, 1955-1957. Consultant New York Education Department, Albany, 1971-1972. Postdoctoral fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972-1974.

Chief of mission Quaker Relief, Vienna,1948-1950.

Achievements

• George Thomas Little has been listed as a noteworthy international relations educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Secretary American Civil Liberties Foundation Vermont, 1966. Member American Association of University Professors, Council International Studies (secretary-treasurer 1971-1986), American Oriental Society, International Studies Association (president New England 1982), Association for Asian Studies, American Political Science Association, American Society International Law, New England Political Science Association (president 1983), Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, skiing, stamps, coins.

Connections

Married Virginia Cole, May 24, 1942 (deceased November 1984). Children: George Thomas Junior, David Nelson, Katherine Joan. Married Elizabeth Born, May 4, 1989.

Father:

George Tappan Little

Mother:

Bertha Holbrook (Nelson) Little

Spouse:

Elizabeth Born

Spouse:

Virginia Cole

child:

George Thomas Junior Little

child:

David Nelson Little

child:

Katherine Joan Little