Background
Palmer, Norman Dunbar was born on June 25, 1909 in Hinckley, Maine, United States. Son of Walter Elmer and Gertrude (Dunbar) Palmer.
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Palmer, Norman Dunbar was born on June 25, 1909 in Hinckley, Maine, United States. Son of Walter Elmer and Gertrude (Dunbar) Palmer.
AB summa cum laude, Colby College, 1930. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Colby College, 1955. Master of Arts (Currier fellow), Yale University, 1932.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1936.
From instructor to associate professor of history and government, department chairman, Colby College, Maine., 1933-1942, 46-47;
associate professor political science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1947-1951;
professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1951-1979;
professor emeritus, University of Pennsylvania, 1979-1996;
department chairman, University of Pennsylvania, 1949-1952;
chairman international relations graduate program, University of Pennsylvania, 1959-1966;
coordinator, University of Pennsylvania-U. Karachi project, 1954-1959;
senior associate, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia, 1955-1982;
director, Philadelphia Transnat. Project, 1974-1982;
visiting professor international relations Columbia University, summer 1950. Fulbright professor political science and international affairs U. Delhi, India, 1952-1953.
Visiting professor Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1955. Visiting professor School Advanced International Studies Johns Hopkins University, 1958. Visiting professor Bombay U., 1966-1967, U. Hawaii, 1967, American U. in Cairo, 1971, Duke U., 1974, Naval Postgraduate School, 1976, Graduate Institute Peace Studies, Kyung Hee U., Seoul, Republic ofKorea, 1984, 89, 92.
Senior specialist East-West Center, Honolulu, 1966-1967. Consultant Department State, Research Analysis Corporation.
Member Citizens Committee for Hoover Report, also Philadelphia Citizens Charter Committee, 1950-1951. Chairman Friends of India Committee, 1961-1968. Trustee Princeton in Asia, 1978-1982.
Member San Juan County Centennial Committee, 1987-1988, Bill of Rights Bicentennial Committee, 1991. Served to lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member American Society for Public Administration (international committee), International Political Science Association, American Political Science Association (Council 1954-1956), Indian Political Science Association (life), Global Futures Society, American Academy Political and Social Science (director, secretary), Interdependence Council (director), Council on Foreign Relations, Philadelphia Committee Foreign Relations, World Affairs Council (director), Philadelphia Council International Visitors (director), Association Asian Studies, Pennsylvania Political Science and Public Administration Association (executive council), Foreign Policy Association, National Council Asian Affairs (president), American Veterans Committee, American Legion, Reserve Officers Association, Peace Science Society, International Studies Association (president 1970-1971, life), International Study and Research Institute (vice president, director), American-Asian Educational Exchange (director), Elks, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Kappa Delta, Alpha Tau Omega.
Married Evelyn Florence Kalal, October 28, 1944. 1 child, Patricia Lee. Married Gurina McIlrath, February 8, 1992.