Ezra F. Vogel

Who they were

Biography Ezra Vogel was born to Joseph and Edith Vogel, a family of Jewish immigrants in 1930 in Delaware, Ohio . [ 1 ] As a child, he helped his father in the family's clothing store, known as The People's Store. [ citation needed ] He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1950, and maintained close ties with his alma mater for the rest of his life, donating royalties from his books and returning to campus frequently. [ 2 ] While at Ohio Wesleyan,

Ezra Feivel Vogel was an American sociologist who wrote on modern Japan, China, and Korea. He was Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University.

Early life

Educated at: Harvard University and Ohio Wesleyan University.

Path and career

Worked with / for: Harvard University and Yale University.

Awards / honours: Harvard Centennial Medal, Lionel Gelber Prize, honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize.

Career Vogel published dozens of articles, reviews, conference papers and books on China, Japan, and American–East Asian relations, and organized scholarly and policy conferences. He headed the undergraduate East Asian Studies concentration (major) at Harvard. [ 1 ] After editing a book of readings on the sociology of the family, Vogel published his first book, Japan's New Middle Class (1963; 2nd ed.1971),

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Ezra F. Vogel appears on our December 20 calendar for 2020 as a death entry.