Lawrence
Today magazine, Spring 2007
Robert Lee Suettinger ’68 has been named Stephen Edward Scarff Memorial
Visiting Professor for the 2007 Spring Term and will be in residence at Lawrence
from March 22 to April 19 and from May 8 to May 29.
During his tenure, he will co-teach, with his Lawrence mentor, Chong-do Hah,
professor emeritus of government, a seminar titled The United States and
Rising Asian Powers.
Suettinger is author of the 2003 book Beyond Tiananmen: The Politics
of U.S.-China Relations, 1989-2000, which Mark Frazier, associate professor of government,
describes as “one of the best books in a very crowded field.”
Currently an “analytic director” with Centra Technology, Inc.,
an Arlington, Va., consulting firm, Suettinger has an extensive background
in East Asian affairs and policy making, including service as national intelligence
officer for East Asia at the National Intelligence Council; director, Asian
affairs, for the National Security Council; and director, Office of Analysis
for East Asia and the Pacific, in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research
of the Department of State.
From 1975 to 1987, he was a researcher, senior analyst, and branch chief
in the China division, Office of East Asian Analysis, Directorate of Intelligence,
of the Central Intelligence Agency.
A frequent seminar speaker and lecturer on United States China policy since
his retirement from the CIA in 1998, Suettinger will present a public lecture,
topic and date yet to be determined, while in residence.
The Scarff Memorial Visiting Professorship was established in 1989 by Edward
and Nancy Scarff in memory of their son, Stephen ’75, who died in an
automobile accident in 1984. It has a distinguished history of bringing public
servants, professional
leaders, and scholars to Lawrence to provide perspective on the central issues
of the day.