Neal Lawrence

Neal Henry Lawrence OSB (22 January 1908 – 3 November 2004) was a naval officer, a diplomat, a monk, and academic/scholar and a poet.

[1] When the war ended, he became Director of the Department of Economic Affairs for the Military Governmental Headquarters of the Ryukyu Islands from 1946 to 1947.

Further study led to a master's degree in Public Law and Government which was awarded by Columbia University in 1947.

During this period, Brother Neal taught in the Political Science Department of Saint John's University.

In this period, he served as president of the Association of Foreign Teachers (1964–1971); and he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Harvard Club in Japan, a member of the Council of the America-Japan Society of Tokyo and as one of the vice presidents of the Asiatic Society of Japan.

Neal Henry Lawrence, OSB wearing the robe of a Benedictine monk and the badge of the Order of the Rising Sun , which was conferred in 1993.