Oberdorfer, Don

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Oberdorfer, Don
Other forms of name
Oberdorfer, Donald, Jr
Date of birth
1931-05-28
Date of death
2015-07-23
Field of activity
International relations
Journalism
Occupation
Journalists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 64101573
Wikidata: Q484308
Library of congress: n 83123238
Sources of Information
  • Washington post WWW site, July 27, 2015(Don Oberdorfer, a former Washington Post diplomatic correspondent, died July 23 [2015] in Washington; he was 84; spent 25 years with The Post, beginning in 1968, when he was hired away from the Knight newspaper chain; after retiring from The Post in 1993, he taught at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and chaired its U.S.-Korea Institute; Donald Oberdorfer Jr. was born in Atlanta on May 28, 1931; lists publications)
  • His Tet! 1984, c1971:CIP t.p. (Don Oberdorfer)
  • LC data base, 12/13/83(hdg.: Oberdorfer, Don)
  • Princeton University, 1995:CIP t.p. (Don Oberdorfer) data sheet (b. 5-28-31)

Wikipedia description:

Donald Oberdorfer Jr. (May 28, 1931 – July 23, 2015) was an American professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University with a specialty in Korea, and was a journalist for 38 years, 25 of them with The Washington Post. He is the author of five books and several academic papers. His book on Mike Mansfield, Senator Mansfield: The Extraordinary Life of a Great American Statesman and Diplomat, won the D.B. Hardeman Prize in 2003.

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