Winston King, Ph.D., (USA, 1907-2000) was a pastor, teacher, scholar, and writer. Throughout his life Dr. King continued to develop intellectual and research interests, especially in the fields of ethics, religious history, and inter-religious dialog. A Ford Foundation appointment to the International Institute for Buddhistic Studies at Kaba Aye, Rangoon, from 1958 to 1960, proved to be the beginning of his reputation as an important interpreter of Theravada Buddhism. A strong believer in the practice of faith, while in Burma he and his wife studied Vipassana meditation at the International Meditation Centre under Sayagyi U Ba Khin. Dr. King's special interest in the world of Japanese Buddhism and language began to take shape in the latter part of his career with a Fulbright Lectureship in Tokyo in the mid-1960s. His empathetic approach to religious understanding and practice was a hallmark of Dr. King's scholarship.
