Burton Levin is currently the SIT Investment Visiting Professor
of Asian Affairs at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota,
where he has been a driving force behind the establishment of a
Chinese studies program. Before accepting his position at Carleton,
Ambassador Levin established a regional center in Hong Kong that
was the Asia Society’s first representative office outside
the United States. He joined the Asia Society following a distinguished
career with the U.S. foreign service, serving more than 35 years
in the region, including assignments in Indonesia, Thailand, Hong
Kong and Taiwan. From 1981 to 1986, he was U.S. Consul General
in Hong Kong, and from 1987 to 1990 he served as U.S. ambassador
to Burma.
Ambassador Levin received his M.A. in International Affairs from
Columbia University, was a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institute
at Stanford University, and a visiting scholar at Harvard University.