Selig S. Harrison, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Selig S. Harrison

American journalist, writer and academic

Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1927

Place of Birth: Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 30-Dec-2016

Profession: author, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Selig Seidenman Harrison (March 19, 1927 – December 30, 2016) was a scholar and journalist, who specialized in South Asia and East Asia.
He was the Director of the Asia Program and a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, and a senior scholar of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
He was also a member of the Afghanistan Study Group.
He wrote five books on Asian affairs and U.S.
relations with Asia.
His last book, Korean Endgame: A Strategy for Reunification and U.S.
Disengagement (Princeton University Press), won the 2002 award of the Association of American Publishers for the best Professional/Scholarly Book in Government and Political Science.His outspoken, constructive criticisms of Administration policies often appeared on op-ed pages of many major newspapers, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, and The Financial Times.