U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of South Korea

American Embassy, Seoul

Unit 15550
APO AP 96205-0001
TEL: (82) 2-397-4200
FAX: (82) 2-725-0152

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Spanish

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  general economics
• EDUCATION
  bilateral educational and cultural relations
• HISTORY
  Post-World War II
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  defense policy; economic policy; foreign policy and international relations; political economy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, 1990-present; Sol Linowitz Professor of International Affairs, Hamilton College, 1993; Director, Office of Fuels and Energy, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Director, Policy Planning, US Ambassador to Tunisia, US Ambassador to the Phillipines, US Department of State, 1974-87; International Economist, Continental Bank, 1973-74; Foreign Service Officer, Paris, Madrid, Panama, Washington, US Department of State, 1962-73.

IN JAPAN: repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

Rethinking Japan Policy, (Carnegie Endowment Japan Study Group, 1993); "The US and Asia," Foreign Affairs (Winter, 1992).