John H(omer) Schaar (July 7, 1928-December 26, 2011) was a scholar and political theorist. He was a Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Schaar was born in Montoursville, PA, USA and raised on a farm in a Lutheran family.Schaar received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles.