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= Robert A. Rupen = Robert A. Rupen, an internationally renowned expert on Mongolia, died peacefully at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on March 27, 2015. He was 93.

Dr. Rupen joined the US Army Air Corps in early 1942, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Reading and discussion, sparked an interest in international studies which lasted throughout his life. Shortly after his honorable discharge with the rank of Staff Sergeant at the conclusion of the war in 1945.The author of dozens of scholarly articles, Dr. Rupen taught in the political science department at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill for over 30 years, also serving for briefer periods on the faculties of Bryn Mawr College, Columbia University, the Institute for the Study of the U.S.S.R. in Germany, and both the Naval and the National War Colleges.