Richard Felix Staar
Political scientist, educator, consultant
Born Jan. 10, 1923, Warsaw, Poland; son of Alfred and Agnes (Gradalska); married Jadwiga (Ochota); children: Monica, Christina.
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Dickinson College, Carlisle (PA), 1948; Master of Arts (M.A.), Yale University, New Haven (CT), 1949; Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1954.
Career: research analyst, U.S. Department of State, Washington (DC), 1951-54; prof. (political science), Arkansas State College, Jonesboro, 1957-58; lecturer, Munich (Germany), 1958-59; associate prof. to prof., chairman, Political Science Department, Emory University, 1959-69; Nimitz chair, Naval War College, 1963-64; prof. (political affairs), National War College, 1967-69; consultant, Office of Secretary of Defense, 1969-73; senior fellow, 1969 -, principal, associate director, 1969-81, director, International Studies Program, 1975-81, 1985-92, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford (CA); adjunct prof., United States Marine Corps (USMC) Command and Staff College, 1971-81; advisor, Commanding Officer Politico-Military Affairs, United States Naval Reserve (USNR), Treasure Island (CA), 1975-81; distinguished visiting prof. (national security affairs), Naval Postgraduate School, 1979; director (national security affairs), Office of President Elect, 1980-81; U.S. ambassador to Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions Negotiations, Vienna (Austria), 1981-83; consultant, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1983-86; board visitors member, Defense Language Institute, 1988 -.
Author: Poland, 1944-62, The Sovietization of a Captive People, 1962, 1975; Communist Region in Eastern Europe, (5 editions) last 1988; USSR Foreign Policies After Detente, (3 editions) last 1990; Foreign Policies of the Soviet Union, 1991; co-author, Soviet Military Policies Since World War II, 1986; contributor, author, editor, Aspects of Modern Communism, 1968; Yearbook on International Communist Affairs, 1969-91; editor, Arms Control. Myth Versus Reality, 1984, Public Diplomacy: US Versus USSR, 1986, Future Information Revolution in the USSR, 1988, and United States - East European Relations in the 1990's, 1989; East - Central Europe of the USSR, 1991, Transition to Democracy in Poland, 1993; editorial boards member, Current History, Orbis, Strategic Review, Mediterranean Quarterly; numerous articles in professional journals.
Member of: assistant district commander, Quapaw Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1954-57; active member, Professors for Goldwater, 1964; Reagan for Presidency Committee, 1980; Academicians for Reagan, 1984; American Political Science Association; International Studies Association; American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS).
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa: Kappa Sigma; Legion of Merit; listed in Who's Who in America.
Served with: United States Marine Corps (USMC) Reserve, colonel, 1960-83.
Affiliation: Republican. Methodist.
Language: English.
Home: 36 Peter Coutts Circle, Stanford, CA 94305.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.