Jeffrey Glen Giauque is an American diplomat.

Biography

Giauque was born in

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and went to Olympus High. He attained a

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in history and French from the

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and received an

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and PhD from

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in European international history and the history of American foreign relations. He wrote his

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on the European Economic Community in 1999. Giauque taught international relations and European history at

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(of Ohio). Following

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, Giauque would take a job in the United States' embassy in

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, ultimately working as

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In July 2020, Giauque was made

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at the United States' Embassy in

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. While serving he stressed that the United States supported the development and expansion of the

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. He also would meet with officials from the New Life Church, a Full Gospel community that was evicted by authorities, describing their situation as an infringement on

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Personal life

Giauque is a husband, father, and a lover of

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and

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Publications

* Grand Designs and Visions of Unity: The Atlantic Powers and the Reorganization of Western Europe, 1955-1963 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002)

References

Living people Academics from Utah University of Utah alumni Ohio State University alumni Miami University faculty 21st-century American diplomats Ambassadors of the United States to Belarus Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-diplomat-stub