After working on the Manhattan Project, Mr. Schram published works in French and German and taught himself Russian and Japanese before turning to the study of Mao Zedong. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/world/asia/stuart-r-schram-physicist-and-mao-scholar-dies-at-88.html
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