Background
Foss, Theodore Nicholas was born on November 25, 1950 in Juneau, Alaska, United States. Son of Harold Byron and Helen Johansen (Hunsbedt) Foss.
Foss, Theodore Nicholas was born on November 25, 1950 in Juneau, Alaska, United States. Son of Harold Byron and Helen Johansen (Hunsbedt) Foss.
Bachelor, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1972. Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1979.
Research assistant University Chicago, 1973-1978. Instructor Loyola University, Chicago, 1978-1979. Research historian Archdiocese of Chicago, 1980-1981, planning consultant Office fo Catholic Education, 1982.
Assistant professor University Illinois, Chicago, 1982-1983. Research associate China Jesuit History Project, Los Gatos, California, 1983-1984. Associate director Institute Chinese-Western Cultural History University San Francisco, 1984-1988.
Assistant director Center for East Asian Studies Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, since 1988.
Member Association Asian Studies, American History Association, American Catholic History Association, American Society Eighteenth Century Studies, Society for the History of Discoveries, Society for Ch'ing Studies. Clubs: University Club of Chicago.