James Reardon-Anderson

James Reardon-Anderson (April 1, 1944 – November 27, 2022) was an American academic administrator and scholar on China and the Middle East. He was the Sun Yat-sen Professor of Chinese Studies at Georgetown University, the founding Dean of its Qatar campus, and director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service program. Additionally, he was the interim Dean of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service from 2013 to 2015.

Reardon-Anderson was a graduate of Williams College and Columbia University. He was the author of five books on Chinese history, including ''The Study of Change: Chemistry in China, 1840–1949'', which is considered "the first full-length study of the history of a modern science in China." Provided by Wikipedia