Ralph Gun Hoy Siu (1917 – December 29, 1998) was an American scholar, military and civil servant, and author.
[2] After earning his Ph.D, Siu joined the Quartermaster Corps and headed a team of researchers that developed new fabrics, clothing and equipment for jungle use.
[5] 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.
[6] 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.
On December 29, 1998, Ralph Siu died of congestive heart failure at George Washington University Hospital at the age of 80.