William M. Tsutsui
| William Minoru "Bill" Tsutsui | |
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| 11th President of Hendrix College | |
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In office 2014 – present |
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| Preceded by | J. Timothy Cloyd |
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| Born |
July 9, 1963 New York, New York |
| Spouse(s) | Marjorie Swann |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University Princeton University |
| Website | Hendrix College Office of the President |
William M. "Bill" Tsutsui is an American academic, author, economic historian, Japanologist and university administrator.
Tsutsui was born in New York City and grew up in Bryan, Texas. Tsutsui earned his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from Harvard University. In 1985, he was awarded an A.B. degree in East Asian Studies. Tsutsui earned his Ph.D. in history at Princeton University in 1995. In 1988, Oxford University’s Corpus Christi College awarded him a Master of Letters in Modern Japanese History. In 1990, Princeton awarded him an M.A. in history. In 1991-1992, he was a visiting research scholar at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo before returning to Princeton to complete his doctoral dissertation.
Tsutsui served as Dean of Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas from 2010 to 2014. He was also Professor in SMU's Clements Department of History. Previously, he had been a faculty member in the History Department at the University of Kansas from 1993 through 2010. At Kansas he served as Acting Director of the Center for East Asian Studies, Founding Executive Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Kansas, Chair of the History Department, and Associate Dean for International Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Tsutsui served as president of the Kansas State Historical Society in 2003-2004 and was a member of the board of directors of the Kansas Humanities Council from 2000 to 2006. He chaired the Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies and served on the board of the Association for Asian Studies in 2010-2011. He has served as a member of the board of directors of the World Affairs Council of Dallas-Fort Worth, the Federation of State Humanities Councils, and the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, and a member of the National Advisory Committee of the Japan-America Student Conference.
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