Background
Card, Richard Abbott was born on May 29, 1914 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (parents American citizens). Son of Charles Ned and Clara Edna (Abbott) G.
educator religious institute executive
Card, Richard Abbott was born on May 29, 1914 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (parents American citizens). Son of Charles Ned and Clara Edna (Abbott) G.
Bachelor, University Washington, 1937. Master of Arts, University Hawaii, 1940. Postgraduate, University Pennsylvania, 1947.
Doctor of Philosophy, Claremont Graduate School, 1951. Postgraduate, Otani University and Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan, 1954. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Monmouth College, 1963.
Director plans department Asia Foundation, San Francisco, 1954-1956, special adviser to president San Francisco, Tokyo, 1956-1959, consultant Buddhist affairs San Francisco, 1959-1963. Cultural affairs officer United States Information Agency, Washington, 1963-1964. Buddhist affairs officer Department State, Washington, Hong Kong, 1964-1969.
Library Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1971-1973, director institute services, 1971-1984, president, 1985-1989. Visiting professor Yale University, New Haven, 1959—1963. Vice president, United States World Fellowship of Buddhists, Bangkok, 1961—1964, assistant secretary general, 1971—1975.
Adjunct professor Asian studies St. John's University, Jamaica, New York, 1974—1978. Visiting professor Asian studies Wittenburg University, Springfield, Ohio, 1970, Graduate Institute Oriental Humanities Hua Fan University, Taipei, Taiwan, since 1994. Consultant Asian Buddhism Institute Sino-Indian Buddhist Studies, 1981—1993, research fellow, Taiwan, since 1993.
Consultant Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions, Carmel, New York, 1989—1992, 1993—1995. Lieutenant colonel United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1941-1946, PTO.
Secretary 3 Village Men's Garden Club, Setauket, New York, 1980-1984. Member Association Asian Studies (president Mid-Atlantic region 1974-1975), Tibet Society (board director 1978-1983, 87-89, 91-93), International Association Buddhist Studies (board director 1982-1986, 87-94), American Society for Study Religion (executive committee 1983-1986).
Married Tatiana Ruzena Kristina Moravec, November 1, 1952. Children: Alan Moravec, Anita Nadine.