Don Krasher Price was an American political scientist who served as the dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government

John F. Kennedy School of Government

The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a public policy and public administration school, and one of Harvard's graduate and professional schools...

 from 1958 to 1977. He was also a professor at Harvard University

Harvard University

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 and the author of a number of books about United States history and government.

A native of Middlesboro, Kentucky, Don K. Price died in Wellesley, Massachusetts

Wellesley, Massachusetts

Wellesley is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of Greater Boston. The population was 27,982 at the time of the 2010 census.It is best known as the home of Wellesley College and Babson College...

 at the age of 85 as a result of complications from Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease

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External links

• http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-049X(199803)142%3A1%3C154%3ADKP(J1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-1 a 1998 biographical appreciation by Richard E. Neustadt
• http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Archives+and+Manuscripts/fa_price.htm a biographical note and an inventory of personal papers donated to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library