Remembering Ezra Vogel
Ezra F. Vogel (July 11, 1930–December 20, 2020) was one of America’s foremost experts on Asia, mastering the Japanese and Chinese languages and contributing important scholarly works on both countries, and on their relationships with each other and with the world. Starting from modest roots in an immigrant family in a small town in Ohio, he came to Harvard in 1953 to train as a sociologist. He then shifted his focus to Asia, spending almost the entirety of his life at Harvard.

Vogel had a dramatic impact around the world, not only through his scholarship and the students he trained, but also through his friendship and mentoring of journalists, diplomats, business executives, and foreign leaders as well as through his public policy advice and devotion to institution building, at Harvard as well as nationally and internationally. Active until the end, his sudden death provoked outpourings of gratitude and grief from countless people whose lives he had affected. The present volume, containing fond reminiscences from 155 diverse individuals, conveys what was so extraordinary about the character and life of Ezra Vogel.

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Remembering Ezra Vogel
Ezra F. Vogel (July 11, 1930–December 20, 2020) was one of America’s foremost experts on Asia, mastering the Japanese and Chinese languages and contributing important scholarly works on both countries, and on their relationships with each other and with the world. Starting from modest roots in an immigrant family in a small town in Ohio, he came to Harvard in 1953 to train as a sociologist. He then shifted his focus to Asia, spending almost the entirety of his life at Harvard.

Vogel had a dramatic impact around the world, not only through his scholarship and the students he trained, but also through his friendship and mentoring of journalists, diplomats, business executives, and foreign leaders as well as through his public policy advice and devotion to institution building, at Harvard as well as nationally and internationally. Active until the end, his sudden death provoked outpourings of gratitude and grief from countless people whose lives he had affected. The present volume, containing fond reminiscences from 155 diverse individuals, conveys what was so extraordinary about the character and life of Ezra Vogel.

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Ezra F. Vogel (July 11, 1930–December 20, 2020) was one of America’s foremost experts on Asia, mastering the Japanese and Chinese languages and contributing important scholarly works on both countries, and on their relationships with each other and with the world. Starting from modest roots in an immigrant family in a small town in Ohio, he came to Harvard in 1953 to train as a sociologist. He then shifted his focus to Asia, spending almost the entirety of his life at Harvard.

Vogel had a dramatic impact around the world, not only through his scholarship and the students he trained, but also through his friendship and mentoring of journalists, diplomats, business executives, and foreign leaders as well as through his public policy advice and devotion to institution building, at Harvard as well as nationally and internationally. Active until the end, his sudden death provoked outpourings of gratitude and grief from countless people whose lives he had affected. The present volume, containing fond reminiscences from 155 diverse individuals, conveys what was so extraordinary about the character and life of Ezra Vogel.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780674278271
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 09/13/2022
Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs , #455
Pages: 368
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Martin K. Whyte is John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Sociology, Emeritus, Harvard University.

Mary C. Brinton is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations vii

Preface xi

Chronology xvi

Harvard Memorial Minute xix

1 Family and Early Years 1

2 Friends and Colleagues 15

3 Pivoting to Research on Asia 43

4 Scholarly Contributions 55

5 In the Classroom 95

6 Mentoring Harvard Students for Academic Careers 109

7 Mentoring Non-Harvard Students for Academic Careers 149

8 Mentoring Future Journalists, Business Executives, Diplomats, and Others 169

9 Institution Building at Harvard 201

10 Institution Building beyond Harvard 233

11 Shaping Public Policies and Promoting Positive Ties with Asia 249

12 Tributes from Asia 273

13 What Made Ezra Vogel So Special? 309

Author Index 325

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