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Robert C. Good

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Robert C. Good
Born1924
Died (aged 60)
Aurora, Colorado
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)University president, ambassador

Robert C. Good (1924 - September 16, 1984) was president of Denison University and the first US Ambassador to Zambia (March 1965 – January 1969).[1][2]

Good graduated from Yale with a PhD and was the Administrator of International Student Seminars in Philadelphia in 1948. After his graduation from Yale, he taught international relations at the University of Denver from 1958 to 1961. He was also a Research Associate with the Washington Center of Foreign Policy Research at Johns Hopkins during this period.[3] In September of 1961, Good joined the Foreign Service and worked as the Director of the Office of Research and Analysis for Africa in the until his appointment as ambassador to Zambia in 1965.[3]

Death

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Good served as president of Denison until he was diagnosed with a brain tumor in October 1983.[1] He died at the University of Colorado Medical Center on September 16, 1984.[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Robert C. Good Dead at 60; First Ambassador to Zambia". The New York Times. September 18, 1984. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "Zambia". US Department of State Archive. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "The President Chooses Seven New Ambassadors". State Department Newsletter: 10–11. February 1965 – via Hathitrust.
  4. ^ "Deaths elsewhere". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 20, 1984. p. 70. Retrieved April 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.