Nationality American Role Political Scientist Spouse Juliette L. George Alma mater University of Chicago | Children Mary L. Douglass Awards Bancroft Prize Name Alexander George | |
Born Alexander L. Givargis
May 31, 1920
Chicago, USA ( 1920-05-31 ) Institutions Stanford University
RAND Corporation
American University Notable awards 1975 Bancroft Prize
1983 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
1997 NAS Award for Behavior Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War
1998 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science Died August 16, 2006, Seattle, Washington, United States Fields International relations, Behavioural sciences Books Case Studies and Theo, Deterrence in American, Force and Statecraft, Forceful Persuasion, Woodrow Wilson and Colonel Similar People Gordon Alexander Craig, Ole Holsti, Paul Lauren |
Alexander L. George (May 31, 1920 Chicago - August 16, 2006 Seattle) was an American behavioral scientist. He was the Graham H. Stuart Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Stanford University.
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His parents were Assyrians from Urmia in north-west Persia. He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Chicago, where he received his doctorate in political science in 1958.
According to David A. Hamburg 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."