Alexander L. George (May 31, 1920

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– August 16, 2006

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. He made influential contributions to political psychology, international relations, and social science methodology.

Life

His parents were Assyrians from

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in north-west Persia. He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees at the

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, where he received his doctorate in political science in 1958. According to

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he was the among the first to lead behavioral scientists into studying the "very painful and dangerous" issues of nuclear crisis management during the Cold War era and to carry knowledge directly to policy leaders. George "focused a great deal of attention on reducing nuclear danger," he added. "I regard him as a truly great scholar and human being."

Awards

* 1975

Bancroft Prize The Bancroft Prize is awarded each year by the trustees of Columbia University for books about diplomacy or the history of the Americas. It was established in 1948, with a bequest from Frederic Bancroft, in his memory and that of his brother, ...

* 1983

MacArthur Foundation The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private foundation that makes grants and impact investments to support non-profit organizations in approximately 50 countries around the world. It has an endowment of $7.0 billion and p ...

Fellowship * 1997

NAS Award for Behavior Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War The William and Katherine Estes Award, previously known as the NAS Award for Behavioral Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences "to recognize basic research in any field of cognitive o ...

from the

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. * 1998

Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science ), location=Uppsala, Sweden, date= The Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science ( sv, Skytteanska priset) was established in 1995 by the Johan Skytte Foundation at Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public ...

*2000 membership to the

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Works

* * * * * * * * * * * George, Alexander/Simons William E., 1994: ''The Limits of Coercive Diplomacy'', Colorado/Oxford: Westview Press

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:George, Alexander 1920 births 2006 deaths MacArthur Fellows American political scientists Scientists from Chicago American people of Iranian-Assyrian descent Scholars of diplomacy Bancroft Prize winners University of Chicago alumni Members of the American Philosophical Society 20th-century political scientists