Richard Gard
 Richard Gard  (academic) | |
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| Born | May 29, 1914 |
| Died | September 21, 2007 (Age 93) |
| Nationality | US |
Yale academic who later became later became the CIA expert on Buddhism. Presented at the 1956 Bilderberg on "Asia and the west in the free world". | |
Dr. Richard Abbott Gard, a renowned scholar of Buddhism at Yale University, presented at the 1956 Bilderberg on "Asia and the west in the free world".[1] He later became the CIA expert on Buddhism in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, especially during the Vietnam War.[2][3][4]
He was in the Marine Corps during World War II and later became President of the Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions.
Korea
Gard arrived in Korea under Asia Foundation auspices in 1958 for a short-term observation and consultation tour on Korea’s Buddhist tradition. Dr. Gard’s tour was significant because it "brought The Asia Foundation into contact with various institutions and leaders in the Buddhist community". Dr. Gard’s program later resulted in Korea Office support for selected programs of the National Buddhist Youth Corps and several research studies at Dongguk University, realized mostly from 1959 to 1960. Dr. Gard made several subsequent trips to Korea after his Foundation-sponsored tour, though under different auspices.[5]
References
- ↑ http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/0e2fb58d-ff49-4e39-8c87-457c6b6e5d92
- ↑ https://vietnamesedays.pressbooks.com/chapter/encounters-with-vietnam/
- ↑ https://www.proquest.com/openview/d5d4a0ae28d48cc9c79127243197c2bc/1.pdf?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=39853
- ↑ https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/20851326/Richard-Abbott-Gard
- ↑ https://asiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/A-Partner-for-Change.pdf
