(1954), the University of North Dakota (1958), Bates College (1964) and Waseda University (1965). In addition to serving as president emeritus and trustee emeritus until his death, he remained on Columbia's full-time faculty as the Bryce Professor of History and International Relations (a position he had held since 1959) before retiring in 1973. He had also been elected to the American Philosophical Society (1954) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1959). Kirk died in his sleep at the Plashbourne Estate (where he had resided since 1973) in Yonkers, New York in 1997. He is buried next to his wife Marion Sands Kirk (May 6, 1904 – May 17, 1996) at Fairview Cemetery in Jeffersonville, Ohio. See also The Strawberry Statement Notes External links Columbia University obituary with photos "COLUMBIA '68 HOMEPAGE" Presidents of the Council on Foreign Relations 1903 births 1997 deaths Columbia University faculty Miami University alumni People from Fayette County, Ohio American political scientists Presidents of Columbia University University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni Clark University alumni 20th-century American academics 20th-century political scientists Members of the American Philosophical Society