Dr. Edwin O. Reischauer, who gave the fourth annual Annie W. Riecker Memorial Lecture at the University of Arizona on March 19, 1958, was born in Tokyo, the son of an American missionary. An intimate knowledge of Japan and China, research there and in Europe, and far-reaching responsibilities in connection with Far Eastern affairs for the United States government, make him unusually well-qualified to discuss “Our Asian Frontiers of Knowledge.” He holds the Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College and the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Harvard University. Now director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute in Cambridge, Mass., he is the author of numerous scholarly publications and translations, and of several popular books and articles on the Far East.
