Background
Berton, Peter Alexander Menquez was born on June 11, 1922 in Bialystok, Poland. Son of Claude Myron and Raissa (Menquez) Berton. came to the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1956.
Berton, Peter Alexander Menquez was born on June 11, 1922 in Bialystok, Poland. Son of Claude Myron and Raissa (Menquez) Berton. came to the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1956.
Diploma, Young Men’s Christian Association College, Harbin, Manchuria, 1940. Diploma, First Harbin Music Academy, 1941. Graduate, Waseda University, Tokyo, 1946.
Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1956. Diploma, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute, 1987.
Deputy assistant censor, Allied Headquarters, Japan, 1945-1947;
instructor Japanese and Russian, 8th Army Education Center, Yokohama, Japan, 1947-1949;
consultant, Library. of Congress, Washington, 1951;
interpreter Asian leaders program, Depts. State and Defense, 1952;
research associate, lecturer, University of Southern California, 1953-1956;
assistant professor, University of Southern California, 1956-1957;
associate professor international relations and Asian studies, University of Southern California, 1962-1969;
professor international relations, University of Southern California, 1969-1991;
coordinator Asia/Pacific Regional Studies Program, University of Southern California, 1961-1991;
professor emeritus of international relations, lecturer Emeriti College, University of Southern California, since 1991. Research consultant Columbia University, 1956-1958.
Acting curator, assistant professor Hoover Institution Stanford, 1957-1959. Visiting professor political science University of California at Los Angeles, 1985. Visiting professor international relations, associate dean international division Waseda U.
Resident director California Private Universities and Colls. Year-in-Japan Program, 1987-1988. Project associate John F. Kennedy School Government, Harvard University, 1992-1993.
Visiting professor International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, 1995. Consultant Japanese Labor History Projects U., Tokyo, 1957-1950, American U., 1958-1959, Ford Foundation, Stanford, 1960-1961.
Member American Association of University Professors, Association Asian Studies, American Association Advancement Slavic Studies, International Studies Association, Japan Society New York.
Married Michele Strick, August 29, 1957 (deceased December 1987). Children: David Adrian Strick, Jonathan Claude Kurier.