Dirk Anthony Ballendorf

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1939 –

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Who is Dirk Anthony Ballendorf?

Dirk Anthony Ballendorf, Ed.D., was a Pennsylvania-born Guamanian historian and professor of Micronesian studies. Ballendorf, a specialist on Micronesian culture, politics, current affairs, and history, authored more than two hundred articles and eleven books during his career. He taught at the Department of Micronesian Studies at the University of Guam for more than thirty years.

Ballendorf was born on April 22, 1939, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelor's degree at West Chester State College, presently West Chester University ref name=mvariety/> Ballenforf joined the Peace Corps after college and attended Ateneo de Manila University while serving in the Philippines. He next completed a master's degree in history from Howard University and a doctorate in administration and planning from Harvard University in Massachusetts.

In 1977, Ballendorf became the President of the College of Micronesia on Pohnpei in the present-day Federated States of Micronesia. He served as president until 1979, when he joined the faculty of University of Guam as Director of the Micronesian Area Research Center. Ballendorf served as the Director of the Micronesian Area Research Center from 1979 to 1984 and again from 2004 until 2007.

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Born
1939
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  • Dirk Ballendorf
Died
Mar 28, 2024

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on July 23, 2013

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