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. He was a strong supporter of the Vietnam and argued for the political and economic isolation of the People's Republic of China.[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]
From 1938 to 1943 he was Program 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 program director of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.[4]
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.[5] He became Professor of International Affairs in 1958.[6]
Trager retired from N.Y.U.'s Graduate School of Public Administration in 1977.[7]
Affiliations
- Rand Corporation
- Hudson Institute
- Consortium for the Study of Intelligence, Founding Member, 1979
