Background
He is the son of Theodore Wood and Jessica H. (Merrick) Friend.
He is the son of Theodore Wood and Jessica H. (Merrick) Friend.
He graduated from Williams College with a Bachelor of Arts in 1953 and from Yale University with a Doctor of Philosophy in 1958.
He is President Emeritus of Eisenhower Fellowships, he continued as a trustee of its national and international board. He is Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute. He also chairs the review panel for the Harry South. Truman Scholarship Foundation.
In 2004 he served Distinguished Visiting Professor of Southeast Asian Studies at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies.
His papers are held at Swarthmore College.