scholarly journals In Memoriam: Jimmy G. Harris (1930–2012)

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-126
Author(s):  
John H. Esling
Keyword(s):  
Korean War ◽  
Language Revitalization ◽  
Marine Corps ◽  
University Of Southern California ◽  
Asian Studies ◽  
The Korean War ◽  
In Memoriam ◽  
Arkansas Ozarks ◽  
Education In Mexico ◽  
The University

Jimmy Gene Harris died in Seattle on 30 September 2012, at the age of 82. He led a remarkable life. He was a soldier of fortune, a champion for human rights, an exacting phonetic fieldworker, an observer of human nature, a teller of stories, a teacher and a mentor. Raised in the Arkansas Ozarks, he began his international adventures as a US Marine Corps sergeant in the Korean War. He pursued his linguistic education in Mexico City and at the University of Washington, with an MA in 1966 specializing in Japanese and Asian Studies, while also carrying out fundamental language revitalization fieldwork with the Stó:lō Nation (Salish) in the Fraser River Valley of BC. In 1973, he obtained an MEd from the University of Southern California. On leave from his duties in the field from 1976 to 1978, he spent time refining his phonetic knowledge with David Abercrombie in Edinburgh and with Eugénie Henderson in London.

scholarly journals In Memoriam

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (03) ◽  
pp. 549-561
Keyword(s):  
Faculty Member ◽  
International Law ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Outer Space ◽  
Professor Emeritus ◽  
University Of Southern California ◽  
Santa Barbara ◽  
The World ◽  
In Memoriam ◽  
The University

Carl Quimby Christol, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science, a faculty member for almost 40 years at the University of Southern California, died at his home in Santa Barbara on February 22, 2012, of natural causes at the age of 98. One of the world's foremost authorities on the international law of outer space, Professor Christol was a prolific scholar greatly admired by colleagues and students around the world.

The Case of Martha Deane: Sexuality and Power at Cold War UCLA

2007 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 470-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Weiler
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Korean War ◽  
The United States ◽  
State Legislature ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Appellate Court ◽  
The Korean War ◽  
Loyalty Oath ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
The University

Despite widespread support for the postwar expansion of higher education, U.S. colleges and universities in the early 1950s were not isolated from broader social currents, and the deep social anxieties and political tensions of the Cold War found their way onto college campuses. In 1952, the University of California was still reeling from the loyalty oath controversy. In the late 1940s the University of California, like other universities nationwide, had been viewed with increasing suspicion by anti-Communist groups. The search for subversives in California institutions, spearheaded by the Tenney Committee of the California State Legislature, led the University of California's Board of Regents to add a disclaimer of membership in any organization advocating the overthrow of the United States to the oath of allegiance already required of faculty. In an atmosphere of rising hysteria about possible subversives and Communists in academia, on February 24, 1950, the Regents voted to fire anyone employed by the University of California who failed to sign the oath. This decision led to strong opposition from students and faculty. Despite these protests, and particularly after the outbreak of the Korean War in June, 1950, the Regents held firm. On August 25, 1950, thirty-one members of the University of California faculty were dismissed because they refused to sign the loyalty oath. None of them was accused of being a Communist or subversive. After an appellate court ruled against the Regents, in October 1951 the Regents voted to rescind the oath, but maintained their stance that the university would not employ Communists. Although the California Supreme Court upheld the ruling of the appellate court and the non-signers were reinstated to the university, the mood at the university, as in the nation as a whole, continued to be one of anxiety and unease.

Unexpected Journey: A Marine Corps Reserve Company in the Korean War

2001 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 856
Author(s):  
Keith F. Kopets ◽  
Randy K. Mills ◽  
Roxanne Mills
Keyword(s):  
Korean War ◽  
Marine Corps ◽  
The Korean War

Cultural Mixture: Yenching Students and Missionary Christianity

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 131-142
Author(s):  
Jinghuan Shi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Korean War ◽  
The United States ◽  
Chinese Education ◽  
Cultural Activities ◽  
The Future ◽  
National Sentiment ◽  
The Korean War ◽  
The University

AbstractYenching University, one of the most influential institutions in Chinese education in the first half of the twentieth century, also was emblematic of Sino-American cultural interchanges. Its development in the late 1910s and the 1920s coincided with a strong upsurge in national sentiment and anti-Christian movements in China. When the Communist victory and the Korean War brought patriotic anti-American feelings to a peak, the university was deeply shaken and was forced to close its doors. Forty years after its closure, Yenching’s name still arouses memories and fierce unresolved controversies. Both strong critics and defenders of the school need to include the Yenching experience in any discussion of cultural activities between the United States and China in the twentieth century. Yenching is more than a historical interlude, for the Yenching experience sheds light on issues that may influence the future of educational and cultural interactions in Sino-American relations.

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