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MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Curriculum Vitae of Raghavan N. Iyer
Professor Raghavan Narasimhan Iyer, M.A., D.Phil. (Oxon)
Date and Place of Birth:
- March 10, 1930 (Madras, India)
Date and Place of Death:
- June 20, 1995 (Santa Barbara, CA, USA)
Education:
- Dr. Antonio Da Silva High School, Bombay, 1934- 1936
- St. James College, Calcutta, 1936- 1938
- St. Bede's High School, Madras, 1938- 1940
- Dr. Antonio Da Silva High School, Bombay, 1940- 1944
- Elphinstone College, Bombay, 1944- 1950
- School of Economics & Sociology, University of Bombay, 1948- 1950
- Magdalen College, Oxford, 1950- 1953
- Nuffield College, Oxford, 1953- 1954
- Intermediate Arts, University of Bombay, 1946 (First Class First)
- B.A. (Economics), University of Bombay, 1948 (First Class First)
- B.A. (Philosophy, Politics & Economics), University of Oxford, 1954 (First Class Honours)
- M.A., University of Oxford, 1956
- D.Phil., University of Oxford, 1962
Career:
- Fellow & Lecturer in Politics, Elphinstone College, Bombay, 1948- 1949
- Director, Indian Institute of World Culture, Bangalore, 1954- 1955
- Associate Editor, The Aryan Path, Bombay, 1954- 1955
- Chief Research Officer to the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India, New Delhi, 1955- 1956
- Fellow and Lecturer in Politics, St. Antony's College, Oxford, 1956- 1964
- Consultant, Friends International Seminar, Kranj, Yugoslavia, 1958
- Consultant, Parliamentary Group for World Government, London, 1957- 1964
- Visiting Professor of Philosophy, University of Oslo, Jan- Mar, 1958
- Visiting Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Chicago, Winter 1963
- Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium, 1962
- Visiting Professor, Erasmus Seminar, Netherlands, 1962
- Visiting Professor, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Spring 1964
- Visiting Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, 1964- 1965
- Consultant, Encylopaedia Britannica, 1964- 1966
- Consultant, Fund for the Republic, Santa Barbara, 1964- 1969
- Consultant, Management Development Institute, Sacramento, 1969- 1971
- Alton Brooks Professor of Religion, University of Southern California, 1985
- Professor of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1965- 1986; Professor Emeritus, after July 1986
Clubs, Societies, Professional and Non-Profit Organizations:
- Founder-Secretary, The Elphinstone College Student's Executive, 1946- 1948
- Founder-Editor, The Elphinstone College Wall-Paper (daily bulletin), 1946- 1948
- Member, National Preparatory Committee, National Union of Students, 1949- 1950
- Chief Delegate, World Union of Students, Mysore & Bombay, 1950
- President, The Oxford Union, Spring 1954
- President, The Oxford Majlis, Spring 1951
- President, The Oxford University Peace Association, Michelmas, 1951
- President, The Oxford Social Studies Association, 1952
- President, The Voltaire Society, Winter 1953
- Founder, The Plotinus Society, Winter 1953
- Delegate, World Government Conference, Copenhagen, 1954
- Director, Seminar on World Religions, Bangalore, 1955
- Senior Treasurer, Oxford University Socratic Club, 1959- 1964
- Member of Executive Committee, World Association of World Federalists, The Hague, 1957- 1958
- Consultant & Lecturer, International Seminar on "Ideological Diversity and World Peace", Friends International Centre, Kranj, Yugoslavia, 1958
- Consultant & Lecturer, International Conference on the Establishment of a World University, Switzerland,
- 1959 Lecturer, Conference of World Thinkers on Ideology and Industrial Society, Rheinfelden, Switzerland, 1959
- Senior Treasurer, Oxford University Porphyry Society, 1959
- Senior Treasurer, Oxford University Buddhist Society, 1958- 1964
- Consultant, OXFAM, 1963- 1964
- Director of Studies, UNESCO Conference in Oxford on "Mutual Understanding Between the Orient and the Occident", May 1958
- Member, Political Studies Association, England, 1958- 1980
- Member, Mind Association, England, 1958- 1974
- Member, American Society for Legal and Political Philosophy, 1969- 1984
- Member, The American Political Science Association, 1975- 1977
- Member, The American Academy of Political Science, 1980- 1983
- Life Member, The Indian Political Science Association, since 1979
- Editorial Consultant, Nigerian Journal of Philosophy, 1981- 1983
- Member, Jazz and World Music Society, 1981- 1986
- Board of Advisers, The American Biographical Institute, 1982-1983
- Member, International Political Studies Association, 1970- 1985
- Member, The Club of Rome, 1971- 1982
- Member, The American Association for the Club of Rome, 1980- 1982
- Member, The World Futures Studies Federation, 1983- 1985
- Member, The Reform Club, London, since 1978
Awards:
- J.C.P. D'Andrade Senior Debating Trophy, Elphinstone College, 1944- 1948
- J.C.P. D'Andrade Junior Debating Trophy, Elphinstone College, 1944- 1946
- Lord Brabourne Inter-Collegiate Elocution Trophy, 1947, 1949- 1950
- D.N. Sirur Inter-Collegiate Debating Trophy, 1946, 1947
- Hughlings Prize for English, University of Bombay, 1946
- Wordsworth Scholarship for Politics & Economics, University of Bombay, 1946
- Merit Scholar, Elphinstone College, 1945- 1948
- Managing Editor, The Elphinstonian, 1947- 1948
- The Telang Medal, Elphinstone College, 1946
- The Gokhale Prize, Elphinstone College, 1948
- Elected Mr. Elphinstonian, 1946- 1949
- James Taylor Prize for Economics, University of Bombay, 1948
- Seth Jeshingbhai Prize, 1950
- Chancellor's Gold Medal, 1950
- Rhodes Scholar, 1950- 1953
- Sheppard Exhibition, Magdalen College, Oxford, 1952
- Senior Mackinnon Scholar, Magdalen College, Oxford, 1953- 1954
- Ford Foundation Grant, St. Antony's College, Oxford, 1960
- Humanities Institute Grant, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1967
- Professor of the Year, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1983
- Gold Medallion, Accademia Italia, 1984
Bibliography:
- Contemporary Authors, 1974, 1981, 1986
- Who's Who in the West, 1974
- Dictionary of International Biography, 1979- 1984
- Personaggi Contemporanei, 1984
- Who's Who in California, 1987