Gordon Paul Means

Background

Means, Gordon Paul was born on May 9, 1927 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Paul Banwell and Nathalie (Toms) Means.

Education

Student, Grinnell College, 1948. Bachelor in Political Science, Reed College, 1950. Master of Arts, University Washington, 1952.

Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, 1960.

Career

Assistant professor, Willamette U., Salem, Oregon, 1958-1960; assistant professor, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, 1960-1965; assistant professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1965-1966; associate professor, U. Washington, Seattle, 1966-1967; associate professor, McMaster U., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1967-1973; professor, McMaster U., since 1973. Smith-Mundt visiting professor U. Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1962-1963. Associate political scientist University of California, Berkeley, 1968-1969.

Visiting professor U. Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia, 1973-1974, Institute Advanced Studies, U. Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 1982-1983. Visiting fellow Institute Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 1988-1989.

Achievements

• Gordon Paul Means has been listed as a noteworthy political science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Malaysian Politics: The Second Generation (South-east Asian Social Science Monographs)

    (This study traces the major political events in Malaysia ...)

  • Malaysian politics
  • Malaysian Politics

Membership

With United States Navy, 1945-1946. Member Canada Council for Southeast Asian Studies (vice president 1971-1974, president 1976-1977), Canada Society for Asian Studies, Association for Asian Studies, Canada Political Science Association, Royal Asiatic Society, American Political Science Association.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, tennis, skiing.

Connections

Married Ingunn Norderval, June 11, 1956 (divorced August 1985). Children: Kristin Louise, Norval Paul, Erik Banwell, Kaia Elizabeth. Married Laurel Braswell, October 10, 1987.

Father:

Paul Banwell Means

Mother:

Nathalie (Toms) Means

Spouse:

Ingunn Norderval

Spouse:

Laurel Braswell

child:

Kristin Louise Means

child:

Erik Banwell Means

child:

Norval Paul Means

child:

Kaia Elizabeth Means