Selo Soemardjan [SEP] educated at
Selo Soemardjan
Selo Soemardjan (May 23, 1915 in Yogyakarta – June 11, 2003 in Jakarta), also spelled as "Selo Sumarjan" or "Selo Sumardjan". He was well known as a senior academic in sociology at Universitas Indonesia, and is known as the Pioneer of Indonesian Social Sciences. He was awarded with the title Kanjeng Pangeran Haryo, a knighthood from Yogyakarta Sultanate.
Selo Soemardjan obtained his PhD at Cornell University. After his return from the US in 1959, he held a range of academic
Kulonprogo. However, the term became so embedded with his real name "Soemardjan", hence Selo Soemardjan became his proper name.
During the revolutionary period 1945-1950, he was secretary to Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX, a major figure in the struggle for independence. In 1948, an American student named George McTurnan Kahin was doing research in Yogyakarta. Kahin asked Minister of Education Ali Sastroamidjojo to suggest a suitable candidate as a research assistant. Sastroamidjojo suggested Selo Soemardjan, who was a civil servant, secretary to Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX