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John M. H. Lindbeck (b. 8 July 1915 Kinkungshan, Henan, China - 9 January 1970) was an American political scientist who studied contemporary China. At the time of his death he was Director of the East Asian Institute, Columbia University, after serving as Associate Director, East Asian Research Center, Harvard University. Before coming to Harvard he served in the United States Department of State as Public Affairs Advisor on Chinese and Overseas China.He chaired the Joint Commission on Contemporary China of the American Council of Learned Societies, and served on the boards of the Committee on Scholarly Communication with Mainland China; National Committee on United-States China Relations

Background and career
Lindbeck was born in China to parents who were missionaries of the Upon returning to the United States for college, <ref name= NYT he did graduate work at Harvard and University of MNichigan before earning his Pd. D. at Yale.