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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ralph Siu
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1917
| birth_place = [[Honolulu]], [[Territory of Hawaii]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Hawaiʻi]] ([[Bachelor of Science|B.S]], [[Master of Science|M.S]])<br>[[California Institute of Technology]] ([[Ph.D]])
| death_date = December 29, 1998 (aged 80)
| death_place = Washington, D.C.
| office = 1st Director of the [[National Institute of Justice]]
| termstart = 1968
| termend = 1969
}}
'''Ralph Gun Hoy Siu''' (1917 – December 29, 1998) was an American scholar, military and civil servant, and author. Siu served as the first Director of the [[National Institute of Justice]] from 1968 to 1969.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nij.ojp.gov/about-nij/nij-directors-1969-present|title=NIJ Directors, 1969–Present|website=National Institute of Justice|language=en|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
Siu was born in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]] in 1917. Siu obtained his bachelor's degree in chemistry and master's degree in plant physiology. from the [[University of Hawaiʻi]]. He then earned a Ph.D in bio-organic chemistry from the [[California Institute of Technology]].<ref>''Ralph Siu, Developer of 'Panetics,' Dies at 80; Scientist Proposed Creating New Academic Field for Study of Human Suffering'' [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-695846.html The Washington Post, December 31, 1998]. Rosenfeld, Megan. ''Pain by the Numbers: Ralph Siu’s Science of Suffering Sizes Up the Agony of the Species''. The Washington Post, 1994.</ref>
==Career==
After earning his Ph.D, Siu joined the [[Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)|Quartermaster Corps]] and headed a team of researchers that developed new fabrics, clothing and equipment for jungle use. As the Quartermaster Corps’ Director of Laboratories and Chief Scientific and Technical Director for more than a decade (1948–1962), Siu led numerous projects, including pioneer efforts on [[food irradiation]] – a key component of President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]’s [[Atoms for Peace]] program.<ref>[http://www.qmfound.com/Dr_Ralph_Siu.htm Quartermaster Hall of Fame]</ref> In 1961, he received the National Career Civil Service Award. From 1962 to 1966, Siu served as Scientific Director, for the Research Division of the [[United States Army Materiel Command]]. He then became Deputy Director of the [[United States Army Materiel Command|Materiel Command]] and was stationed in [[Washington, D.C.]] from 1966 to 1968.
In 1968, Siu became Associate Administrator of the [[Law Enforcement Assistance Administration]] with the Department of Justice and was subsequently nominated by President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] to direct the newly-created [[National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice]]. However, he was not confirmed and the administration changed after the 1968 election, so he retired in March, 1969.<ref>Ralph G. H. Siu has been also a Chairman of the US Army Research Council and a Chairman of the Members of the Academy for Contemporary Problems. See info at {{cite web|url=http://www.panetics.info/DisplayOneEvent.cfm?i%3D57 |accessdate=January 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021052754/http://www.panetics.info/DisplayOneEvent.cfm?i=57 |archivedate=October 21, 2007 |title=Detail}}. See also the document at the U.S. Department of Justice, and search for Siu: [http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/199486.pdf Organizing for Change] David Boyd PhD thesis. page 85.</ref>
Siu wrote several books in the field of management, including ''The Tao of Science'' (1957), and ''The Craft of Power'' (1979). In 1988, the ''[[Journal of Humanistic Psychology]]'' published an article by Ralph Siu entitled "Panetics—The Study of the Infliction of Suffering".<ref>[http://jhp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/28/3/6 Journal of Humanistic Psychology], Volume 28, Number 3, Pages 6-22 (1988).</ref>
In 1991, the International Society for Panetics was founded by Ralph Siu and sixty other scientists, physicians, business leaders, scholars, artists and writers from several countries, including [[Kenneth Boulding]] and [[Johan Galtung]].<ref>See the list of all [http://www.panetics.info/DisplayOneEvent.cfm?i=57 ISP Founders], or the Panetics Board with members such as [[John N. Warfield]]. As an instance of the recognition of panetics ideas by some of the most highly qualified scholars, see the 1999 Siu Memorial Lecture entitled [http://paneticsworldwide.org/DisplayOneEvent.cfm?i=89 Panetics and the Practice of Peace and Development] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714154821/http://paneticsworldwide.org/DisplayOneEvent.cfm?i=89 |date=2014-07-14 }}, given by Johan Galtung, then professor of peace studies at six universities around the world and president of the [[International Humanist and Ethical Union]]. {{cite web |url=http://www.panetics.info/DisplayOneEvent.cfm?i=57 |title=Detail |accessdate=2008-01-12 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021052754/http://www.panetics.info/DisplayOneEvent.cfm?i=57 |archivedate=October 21, 2007}}</ref> The society was dedicated to the study and development of ways to reduce the infliction of human suffering by individuals, corporations, governments, professions, social groups and other institutions. It issued a journal, ''Panetics'', and sponsored the annual Ralph G. H. Siu Memorial Lecture in Washington, D.C., featuring a prominent speaker on a subject of concern to panetics. In 2009, Siu's collected writings were donated to the [[University of Toledo]] on behalf of the International Society for Panetics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.utoledo.edu/library/canaday/HTML_findingaids/MSS-237.html|title=Ralph Siu Collection, MSS-237|website=www.utoledo.edu|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref>
==Personal life==
In 1949, Siu met Irene I-lien Hsu. On February 12, 1950, they were married in [[Yonkers, New York]].
On December 29, 1998, Ralph Siu died of [[congestive heart failure]] at [[George Washington University Hospital]] at the age of 80.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/12/31/ralph-siu-developer-of-panetics-dies-at-80/d1d087a9-d466-45e1-bc90-fe4a8061015a/|title=RALPH SIU, DEVELOPER OF 'PANETICS,' DIES AT 80|last=Estrada|first=Louie|date=1998-12-31|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2019-12-12|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
==Works==
*''The Quantum and the Tao—A Unified East-West Psychophilosophical Synthesis toward Harmonious Living''
*''Microbial Decomposition of Cellulose'', U.S. Government Printing Office, 1951.
*''Radiation Preservation of Foods'', U.S. Government Printing Office, 1957.
I. Tao-Time Trilogy
*Volume 1. ''The Tao of Science. An Essay on Western Knowledge and Eastern Wisdom''. MIT Press, 1957. {{ISBN|0-262-69004-7}}
*Volume 2. ''The Man of Many Qualities. A Legacy of the I Ching''. (Paperback: The Portable Dragon). MIT Press, 1968.
*Volume 3. ''Ch i: A Neo-Taoist Approach to Life''. MIT Press, 1974.
II. Management Trilogy
*Volume 4. ''The Craft of Power''. John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1979. Willam Morrow, 1984. {{ISBN|0-68802625-7}}
*Volume 5. ''Transcending the Power Game''. The Way to Executive Serenity. John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1980.
*Volume 6. ''The Master Manager''. John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1980. {{ISBN|047107961-8}}
III. Panetics Trilogy
*Volume 7. Less Suffering for Everybody. An Introduction to Panetics. The International Society for Panetics, 1994. {{ISBN|188443701-X}}
*Volume 8. Panetics and Dukkha. An Integrated Study of the Infliction of Suffering and the Reduction of Infliction. The International Society for Panetics, 1994. {{ISBN|188443702-8}}
*Volume 9. Seeds of Reflection. Word Clusters for Meditation on the Infliction and the Relief of Suffering. The International Society for Panetics, 1994. {{ISBN|188443703-6}}
IV. Harmony Trilogy
*Volume 10. Unifying Theory of the Human Organism and Behavior, International Society for Panetics, 1999
*Volume 11. Cheerfulness, International Society for Panetics, 1999
*Volume 12. Shaping One s Own Life. A Socratic Anthology of Perennial Questions, International Society for Panetics, 1999
*Understanding and Minimizing the Infliction of Suffering; An Integrated Discipline Called Panetics, The International Society for Panetics, May 1999
*''The Land of Keikitran and Eleevan'', Hats Off Books, 2001. {{ISBN|158736075-6}}
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.utoledo.edu/library/canaday/HTML_findingaids/MSS-237.html Ralph Siu collected papers] archived at [[University of Toledo]] [http://www.utoledo.edu/library/canaday/guidepages/religion.html Canady Center for Special Collections] Accessed May 31, 2015
*[https://archive.org/details/The_Craft_of_Power "The Craft of Power"] online ebook.
*[http://www.panetics.org/ Panetics Global Forum]
*[http://www.newciv.org/ISSS_Primer/asem19rs.html Unifying Theory of the Human Organism and Behavior] Volume 10, Part of the Harmony Trilogy Chapter 3. Mass-Energy, Qi, and Qimass. published in the [http://www.newciv.org/ISSS_Primer/seminar.html First International Electronic Seminar on Wholeness] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716205704/http://www.newciv.org/ISSS_Primer/seminar.html |date=2012-07-16 }}
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