Robert L. Friedheim

Columbia University (BA, MA)
University of Washington (PhD)

Academic workDisciplineInternational relationsSub-disciplineLaw of the seaInstitutions

Robert Lyle Friedheim^[1] (August 1, 1934 – January 31, 2001) was an international relations scholar and professor at the University of Southern California.^[2] He was a former director of the USC School of International Relations.^[3]

Biography

Friedheim was born on August 1, 1934, in New York City.^[3] He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Columbia University and doctorate in political science from University of Washington.^[3] He served in the United States Army in military intelligence.^[2]

Friedheim began his career teaching political science at Purdue University.^[2] He then turned to international oceanic law when he went to work for the Center for Naval Analysis in Arlington County, Virginia, as a researcher and director of the Law of the Sea Project.^[2]

Friedheim joined the faculty in 1976 and directed USC's Sea Grant Program for interdisciplinary research that focuses on the ocean environment and regulations to protect and utilize its resources. From 1986 to 1996, he was an advisor to the United States Arctic Research Commission.^[2]

From 1992 to 1995, he chaired the USC School of International Relations and was associate director of its Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences.^[2] His research has focused on ocean and environmental policy, and he has written extensively on the Law of the sea and whaling policy,^[4] which influenced policymaking in those areas.^[3]^[5] He also chronicled the history of the 1919 Seattle General Strike.^[6]^[7]

Friedheim died on January 31, 2001, at Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, of lung cancer.^[2]

References

^ Gould, Wesley L.; Barkun, Michael (2015-03-08). Social Science Literature: A Bibliography for International Law. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-7253-4.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Olivere, Myrna (2001-02-09). "Robert L. Friedheim; USC Expert on the Oceans and International Relations". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Obituary: Robert L. Friedheim, 66; his scholarly research influenced Law of the Sea, whaling policies". USC News. 2001-02-04. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
^ Toward a Sustainable Whaling Regime. University of Washington Press. 2001. ISBN 978-0-295-98088-1. JSTOR j.ctvcwnm6q.
^ Friedheim, Robert L. (1972). "A Law of the Sea Conference: Who Needs It?". SAIS Review (1956-1989). 17 (1): 41–47. ISSN 0036-0775. JSTOR 45348983.
^ "The Seattle General Strike of 1919 and a century of evolution". The Seattle Times. 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
^ "Ahead of its 100th anniversary, revisiting the Seattle General Strike and the city's long legacy of organized labor". The Seattle Times. 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2022-06-19.