Pardee Lowe was a Chinese American writer who had a varied career in the US military and government. Lowe worked in the U.S. Embassy in Nanking, administering the beginnings of the United States Educational Foundation in China. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, he published articles in periodicals such as Asia, Missionary Review of the World, and various association newsletters. In 1943, Brown, Little and Co., publisher of LaPiere's socio-historical novels, added to their series a collection of Lowe's autobiographical articles, with names of individuals and places altered for publication. A best-seller that year, Lowe's "Father and Glorious Descendant" also was issued in an edition by the U.S. Armed Services. In 1955 Lowe joined the U.S. Information Agency (USIA), serving as intelligence research officer, and later as China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong desk officer until 1959. From 1959 to 1965 Lowe served as cultural attaché in the U.S. Embassy, Taipei, Taiwan. From 1965 until his retirement in 1972/1973, Lowe served in the U.S. Department of State as education officer of the Multilateral Policy and Program Office assigned to monitor the UNESCO Education Program.