Fred W. Riggs (July 3, 1917 in India – February 9, 2008 in USA) was a political scientist and pioneer Public Administration, especially his Riggsian Model. He was Professor Emeritus at Political Science Department of University of Hawaii. Awards Dwight Waldo award for lifetime achievements in Public Administration, American Society for Public Administration, April 1991. Order of White Elephant, conferred by King of Thailand, in Bangkok, 1986. First non-Asian to be honored by Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration, EROPA Conference, Seoul, Korea, 1983. Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, 1966–67. Senior Specialist, East-West Center, University of Hawaii, 1962–1963. Fellow, Committee on Comparative Politics of the Social Science Research Institute, for field research in Thailand, 1957–58. References Public administration scholars 1917 births 2008 deaths University of Hawaiʻi faculty Political science writers American political scientists American expatriates in China 20th-century political scientists