GEORGE McTurnan Kahin Professor Emeritus Cornell University was famous for introducing Indonesia to the world At his house in Cayuga Heights Ithaca he displayed a panoramic painting of Mount Merapi The painting he said would always hold a spiritual connection between him and Yogyakarta during the revolution era He openly admitted that his dissertation Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia 1952 was in favor of Indonesian independence GEORGE McTurnan Kahin Professor Emeritus Cornell University was famous for introducing Indonesia to the world At his house in Cayuga Heights Ithaca he displayed a panoramic painting of Mount Merapi The painting he said would always hold a spiritual connection between him and Yogyakarta during the revolution era He openly admitted ...that his dissertation Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia 1952 was in favor of Indonesian independence