Beginnings of Modernization in the Middle East by William R. Polk

(Editor, with others) Studies on the Civilization of Islam, Beacon Press (Boston, MA), 1962.

Stamler and Edmund Asfour) Backdrop to Tragedy: The Struggle for Palestine, Beacon Press (Boston, MA), 1957. Jack Butler), Foreign Policy Association ( New York, NY), 1952.

What Arabs Think (published with American Business and the Arab World by W. AWARDS, HONORS:įour Rockefeller Foundation fellowships, 1951-55 Guggenheim fellowship, 1961-62. Carey Foundation MEMBER:Ĭouncil on Foreign Relations, Middle East Institute (member of board of governors, 1962-), Middle East Studies Association of North America (member of board of directors), Academy on Public Policy (fellow). Member of board of directors of Hyde Park Bank & Trust Co., Microfilm Data System, Moore International, Rabia Ltd., and W.P. Advisory editor, Beacon Press, 1956-60 senior editor and member of board of directors, Arlington Books, Inc., 1959-61. Department of State, Washington, DC, member of Policy Planning Council, 1961-65 University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, professor of Middle Eastern history and founder and director of Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 1965-74 Adlai Stevenson Institute of International Affairs, Chicago, president, 1967-73. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, assistant professor of Middle Eastern studies, 1955-61 U.S.

(Magna Cum Laude), 1951, Ph.D., 1958 American University of Beirut, graduate study, 1951-52 Oxford University, B.A. Education: Attended University of Chile, 1945-46 Harvard University, B.A. Born March 7, 1929, in Fort Worth, TX son of George Washington and Adelaide Polk married Joan Cooledge, Decem(divorced December, 1960) married Ann Cross, J(divorced 1975) married Baroness Elisabeth von Oppenheimer, Decemchildren: (first marriage) Milbry Catherine, Alison Elizabeth (second marriage) George W.

Beginnings of Modernization in the Middle East by William R. Polk