Maurice Darrow Bean (September 9, 1928 – November 30, 2009) of

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served as

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from September 1977 to August 1979. Prior to his appointment, he worked for the

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for 15 years, including as Operations Director in the

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. Bean graduated from

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in 1950 with a B.A. in government and entered the Foreign Service in 1951. He attended

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, graduating in 1954 with a master's degree in social and technical assistance. In 1959, he received a postgraduate certificate in Advanced International Studies from 7Johns Hopkins University.

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