Donald Howard Shively (May 11, 1921-August 23, 2005) was an American academic, historian, Japanologist, author and professor emeritus of East Asian Languages and cultures at University of California, Berkeley.[1]
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Shively was the son of American missionaries in Japan. He was born in Kyoto and educated at the Canadian Academy in Japan.[2]
Years of study in the US began when he entered Harvard in 1940, but his college years were interrupted by war. In the World War II, Shively was a Japanese language officer. He was promoted to the rank of major in the Marine Corps; and his service was marked by the Bronze Star Medal.[2]
Shively received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1946 (Class of '44). He continued his studies in Cambridge, and he earned a master's degree in 1947. He was awarded a Ph.D. in 1951.[1]
Shively began his teaching career at the University of California, Berkeley. He was at Berkeley from 1950 to 1962. During this period, he edited the Journal of Asian Studies (1955–1959).[2]
From 1962 through 1964, he joined the faculty of Stanford from 1962 to 1964. Then he moved east to return to Harvard as a member of the faculty from 1964 to 1983;[1] and he was Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies from 1981 through 1983.[3] He was also editor of the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies from 1975-1983.[2]
In 1983, Shively returned to teach at Berkeley. He was also the head of the university's East Asian library until he retired in 1992.[1]
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Donald Shively, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 40+ works in 90+ publications in 3 languages and 3,000+ library holdings.[4]