1. Robert Bromley Oxnam was an American China scholar who was President of the Asia Society New York.
12 Facts About Robert Oxnam
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Robert Oxnam became well known in the public media after his 2005 autobiography, A Fractured Mind, in which he revealed that he had been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder.
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Robert Oxnam taught at Trinity College, Columbia University, and Williams College.
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Robert Oxnam served as a member of the visiting committee of Drew University and American University's School of International Service.
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Robert Oxnam was President of The Asia Society for over a decade.
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Robert Oxnam was Senior Advisor to the Atlanta-based Society of International Business Fellows and often accompanied their business leaders to various parts of Asia.
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Robert Oxnam was the author of two novels : Cinnabar and Ming.
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Robert Oxnam authored or edited several non-fiction works on Asia: Ruling from Horseback ; Dragon and Eagle ; several editions of China Briefing.
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Robert Oxnam contributed articles to The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, and The Asian Wall Street Journal.
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Robert Oxnam was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Cosmos Club, Century Association, the Association of Asian Studies, and the National Committee on US-China Relations.
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Robert Oxnam begins with a good eye and fine artisanship, but then he goes further, bringing out the hidden beauty or ugliness in each piece.
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Robert Oxnam died of complications of Alzheimer's disease in Greenport, Suffolk County, New York, on April 18,2024.