Goodwin Cooke is a Professor of Practice Emeritus in International Relations at

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and was a U.S. foreign service officer who served as ambassador to the

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(October 11, 1978 – July 13, 1980).

Education

* B.A., Harvard University, 1953, major math and physics

Career

After graduation, Cooke joined the Marines and served as an engineer officer abroad. When he left the Corps, he worked as a manager in a manufacturing firm before taking a 50% pay cut to work in Washington, D.C.

References

Harvard College alumni Syracuse University faculty Ambassadors of the United States to the Central African Republic Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 20th-century American diplomats {{US-diplomat-stub