17 Facts About Theodore Friend

Theodore Wood Friend III was an American historian, novelist, and teacher, and a former president of Swarthmore College.

Theodore Friend was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Theodore Jr.

Theodore Friend graduated from Williams College with a B A in 1953 and from Yale University with a Ph.

In 1959, Theodore Friend joined the history faculty of the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he taught for 14 years.

Theodore Friend was president emeritus of Eisenhower Fellowships; he then continued as a trustee of its national and international board.

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Theodore Friend was a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

In 2004 Theodore Friend served as distinguished visiting professor of Southeast Asian studies at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies.

In 1973, Theodore Friend was selected to serve as Swarthmore College's 11th president.

Six weeks after he began work in Parrish Hall, Theodore Friend found that his office had been trashed by students who were protesting America's engagement in Vietnam — a war that he had long publicly opposed.

Theodore Friend held open office hours for students and took an active interest in student concerns.

Theodore Friend was a devoted squash player; for a single week in 1965, he was the top-ranked player in Buffalo.

Theodore Friend served for many years as a senior fellow in the Asia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

Theodore Friend went on to publish three more works of history and analysis.

Theodore Friend edited a collection of essays, Religion and Religiosity in the Philippines and Indonesia.

Yet Theodore Friend, who lived in Villanova, was never far from campus for long.

Theodore Friend attended the presidential inaugurations of Rebecca Chopp in 2009 and Valerie Smith in 2015.

Theodore Friend spoke on campus in 2012 about his journeys across Asia and the Middle East.