Jon S.T. Quah, Ph.D.,
was Professor of Political Science at the National
University of Singapore (NUS) and Co-editor
of theAsian Journal of Political Science until
his retirement in June 2007, after 35 years
of service. His administrative appointments
at the NUS included being Vice-Dean of the Faculty
of Arts and Social Sciences from July 1990 to
June 1991, Coordinator of the European Studies
Programme from July 1990 to June 1998, Head
of the Department of Political Science from
July 1992 to June 1998, and Member of the Board
of Discipline of the Senate from July 2002 to
June 2007.
He is a Singapore citizen by birth and obtained
his B.Soc.Sci. Honours in Political Science
from the University of Singapore in June 1969,
and his M.Soc.Sci. in Political Science from
the University of Singapore in March 1971. He
was a Fulbright-Hays Scholar at the Department
of Government, Florida State University, USA,
where he received his Ph.D. in Political Science
specializing in Public Administration in June
1975.
He was seconded for two years (June 1988 to
June 1990) to the Institute for Policy Studies
in Singapore, where he served as Deputy Director
and Acting Director from January 1989. He was
a member of the following public organizations
in Singapore: Science Council of Singapore (November
1978 to November 1982); Advisory Council on
Social and Psychological Defence, Ministry of
Community Development (1989 to 1993); Board
of Trustees, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
(November 1993 to October 1999); National Courtesy
Council (March 1999 to March 2001); National
Crime Prevention Council and Chairman, Research
Committee (July 1999 to June 2005)
Prof Quah was awarded a fellowship at the Culture
Learning Institute, East-West Center in Honolulu,
Hawai’i from February to March 1978, and
a Harvard-Yenching Fellowship at Harvard University
from September 1979 to June 1980. He has also
been a Visiting Scholar at these institutions:
Institute of Governmental Studies, University
of California at Berkeley (September 1986 to
May 1987); Harvard Institute for International
Development (August 1993 to March 1994); Harvard-Yenching
Institute (July to September 1997); Stanford
Program in International Legal Studies, Stanford
University (October to December 1997); National
Centre for Development Studies, Australian National
University (August to December 2002); and Asia-Pacific
Research Center, Stanford University (January
to June 2006).
He received a High Commendation Award from the
Commissioner of Police in Singapore on February
19, 1983 for rendering valuable services to
the Singapore Police Academy from 1977 to 1982.
He was also awarded a Chevalier dans L’Ordre
des Palmes Academiques (Academic Order of the
Palms) by the French Minister of Education in
February 1993 for contributing to the enhancement
of French culture and education in Singapore.
