American diplomat
Thomas Patrick Melady
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Melady, circa 1972
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In office
1989?1993
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President
| George H.W. Bush
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Preceded by
| Frank Shakespeare
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Succeeded by
| Raymond Flynn
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In office
January 31, 1970 ? May 25, 1972
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President
| Richard Nixon
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Preceded by
| George W. Renchard
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Succeeded by
| Michael Hoyt
(as Charge d'affaires)
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In office
1970?1973
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President
| Richard Nixon
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In office
July 30, 1972 ? February 9, 1973
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President
| Richard Nixon
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Preceded by
| Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr.
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Succeeded by
| David Crane Halsted
(
Acting
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Gordon Robert Beyer
(
Ambassador
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In office
1959?1967
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In office
1976?1986
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In office
2002?2014
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Born
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1927-03-04
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March 4, 1927
Norwich
,
New London
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Connecticut
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United States of America
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Died
| January 6, 2014
(2014-01-06)
(aged 86)
Washington D.C.
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United States of America
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Political party
| Republican
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Children
| 2
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Education
| Duquesne University
(1950, B.A.)
The Catholic University of America
(1955, M.A, Ph.D.)
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Thomas Patrick Melady
(March 4, 1927 ? January 6, 2014) was an American diplomat and author. From 2002 until his death he served as the Senior Diplomat in residence at
The Institute of World Politics
in Washington, D.C.
Career
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After his graduation from high school he served in the U.S. Army from 1945 to 1947, then graduated from
Duquesne University
in 1950 (B.A.) and
The Catholic University of America
in 1955 (M.A., Ph.D.). He was an adjunct professor at
St. John's University
and president of the Africa Service Institute in
New York City
, from 1959 to 1967. From 1966 to 1969 he was adjunct professor at
Fordham University
. In 1968, Melady was the first person honored with the Norwich (Connecticut) Native Son Award.
[2]
A former consultant for the
National Urban League
in New York and chairman of
Seton Hall University
, he was appointed by President
Richard M. Nixon
as
ambassador to Burundi
in 1969, senior advisor to the US delegation to the
UN General Assembly
in 1970, and
ambassador to Uganda
from 1972 to 1973.
In 1989 he was appointed by President
George H. W. Bush
as
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Holy See
. After completing his assignment to the
Holy See
during the first year of the administration of President
Bill Clinton
, he served as distinguished visiting professor at
George Washington University
in Washington, D.C. According to the
Associated Press
, his first instruction, since declassified, was to influence the Vatican to recognize the state of Israel, something which was done a few years later in 1993.
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He served as president of
Sacred Heart University
in Fairfield, Connecticut, from 1976 to 1986, when he became the university's president emeritus. He was later a consultant to the
U.S. Secretary of Education
and President
Ronald Reagan
appointed him to serve as assistant secretary for post-secondary education.
Melady was an authority on Afro-Asian and Central European Affairs and the author of 16 books and more than 180 articles, including
Western Policy and the Third World
,
Uganda: The Asian Exiles
,
The United States and the Vatican in World Affairs
, and "Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Future? Part II". He had honorary doctorates from 30 universities and was honored by six countries. He was awarded two papal knighthoods and was a Knight of Malta. He was married and had two children.
He died of brain cancer on January 6, 2014, aged 86, at his home in Washington, D.C.
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