Alexander Eckstein

Alexander Eckstein
Personal details
Born	1915
Died	1976
Nativity	Yugoslavia
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	39040665
Rank	Private First Class
Camp Ritchie	Class 20 (19 June – 16 August 1944)
Section	5A
Enlisted	San Francisco, California
Teams	IPW 121, IPW 128

Teammates

Team — IPW 121

Team — IPW 128

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Alexander Eckstein (Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, December 9, 1915 – December 4, 1976, Ann Arbor, Michigan) was a professor of economics who worked at the University of Michigan. He played a notable role in the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan and the development of Sino-US diplomacy (the so-called Ping-pong diplomacy) of the 1970s.

Biography

Alexander Eckstein (Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, December 9, 1915 – December 4, 1976, Ann Arbor, Michigan) was a professor of economics who worked at the University of Michigan. He played a notable role in the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan and the development of Sino-US diplomacy (the so-called Ping-pong diplomacy) of the 1970s.

He obtained a B.S. Degree (1939), M.S. Degree (1941) and PhD (1952) from University of California. He worked as an economist for the US State Department from 1951 to 1953 before joining Harvard University as a researcher and lecturer. He was professor of international economics at University of Rochester from 1959 to 1961. In 1961, he became professor of economics at University of Michigan.

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	61
Nara ASN	39040665
Nara Name	ECKSTEIN ALEXANDER
Nara State	91
Nara County	1
Nara POE	9175
Nara DOE	250243
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Grade Code	8
Nara Branch Alpha	BI
Nara Branch Code	0
Branch	Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Nara Term or Enlistment	5
Term of enlistment	Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Defer. Date	0
Nara Source	0
Nara Nativity	N8
Nara Year of Birth	15
Nara Race	J
Nara Race Description	White not yet a citizen
Nara Education	5
Nara Civilian Occupation	992
Nara Marital Status	6
Nara Height (inches)	68
Nara Weight (lbs)	164
Class_ASN	39040665
Class_Name	ECKSTEIN, Alexander
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Sources

• Wikipedia: Alexander Eckstein
• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)