Education
Bachelor, Stanford University, 1960;
Master of Arts in Political Science, Stanford University, 1964;
Doctor of Philosophy in Development Economics and Education, Stanford University, 1970;
Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1962.
Career
Program officer, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, Cairo, Egypt, 1962-1964;
planning officer and assistant to deputy director, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, New York City, 1964-1966;
regional planning officer, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, Beirut, Lebanon, 1966-1967;
consultant economist for Nigeria, Ghana, Morocco, World Bank/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Program, Paris, 1970-1971;
planning and research advisor funded by Ford Foundation, National Education Commission, Bangkok, Thailand, 1971-1976;
visiting lecturer, University of Chicago, 1976;
representative, Ford Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977-1981;
mission director, Senior Foreign Svc. United States Agency for International Development, Indonesia, 1981-1987;
deputy assistant administrator bureau for Asia and Near East, Senior Foreign Svc. United States Agency for International Development, Washington, 1987-1989;
president, The Asia Foundation, San Francisco, since 1989.
Board directors Overseas Development Council, Washington, Institute for the Future, Stanford, California. Vice chairman World Affairs Council Northern California, San Francisco.
Membership
Fellow Asia Pacific Center, Stanford University. Member National Committee United States-China Rels.