John Curtis Perry

John Curtis Perry, also known as John Perry, was an East Asian and Oceanic studies professor and historian. He was a professor and chair of the history department at Carleton College. Later he became the Henry Willard Denison Professor of History at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. He was also the director of that school's Maritime Studies program and founding president of the Institute for Global Maritime Studies, until his retirement in 2014.