Frank N. Trager
Frank N. Trager (died 1984) was professor emeritus of international affairs at New York University and former State Department adviser on Southeast Asia.[1]
Trager was born in New York City and earned bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees at New York University.[2]
In the 1930s, he was strong supporter of Norman Thomas and of the Socialist Party, joining its national executive in 1940.[3]
Trager was Labor Secretary of the Socialist Party of America at the time of its 1937 convention.[4]
From 1938 to 1943 he was Programme Director of the American Jewish Committee. From 1943 to 1945 he served in the Army Air Force. On his return from the war, he became programme director of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.[5]
He served for two years as director of the United States aid programme in Burma, before joining New York University as a research professor in 1953.[6] He became Professor of International Affairs in 1958.[7]
He was a strong supporter of the Vietnam War and argued for the political and economic isolation of the People's Republic of China.[8] He was a supporter of Phillipine President Ferdinand Marcos and a critic of Indonesian leader Sukarno.[9]
Trager retired from N.Y.U.'s Graduate School of Public Administration in 1977.[10]
Affiliations
- Rand Corporation
- Hudson Institute
- Consortium for the Study of Intelligence, Founding Member, 1979
Notes
- ↑ Newsweek, 10 September 1984, p.63.
- ↑ Robert D. McFadden, FRANK N. TRAGER, 78, AN EXPERT ON ASIA, DIES, New York Times, 31 August 1984.
- ↑ Robert D. McFadden, FRANK N. TRAGER, 78, AN EXPERT ON ASIA, DIES, New York Times, 31 August 1984.
- ↑ Tim Davenport, Socialist Party (1897-1946): Party History., Early American Marxism website, updated: Sept. 19, 2011, accessed 19 April 2012.
- ↑ Robert D. McFadden, FRANK N. TRAGER, 78, AN EXPERT ON ASIA, DIES, New York Times, 31 August 1984.
- ↑ Robert D. McFadden, FRANK N. TRAGER, 78, AN EXPERT ON ASIA, DIES, New York Times, 31 August 1984.
- ↑ Robert D. McFadden, FRANK N. TRAGER, 78, AN EXPERT ON ASIA, DIES, New York Times, 31 August 1984.
- ↑ Newsweek, 10 September 1984, p.63.
- ↑ Robert D. McFadden, FRANK N. TRAGER, 78, AN EXPERT ON ASIA, DIES, New York Times, 31 August 1984.
- ↑ Robert D. McFadden, FRANK N. TRAGER, 78, AN EXPERT ON ASIA, DIES, New York Times, 31 August 1984.
