The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Mondays at Beinecke series presents
Gordon Gray, former U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia, Yale College ’78:
“November 18: What the Start of the Arab Spring Taught Me about Diplomacy.”
During his 35 years of public service, Gray served in Iraq as Senior Advisor to the Ambassador from 2008-2009 and was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs from 2005-2008. His other foreign assignments include Egypt, Canada, Jordan, Pakistan, and Morocco, where he began his career in government as a Peace Corps volunteer. He also served as the Deputy Commandant at the National War College and twice received the Presidential Meritorious Service award. Currently, Gray is the Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.
The Beinecke Library recently acquired Gray’s archive, which documents his dedicated government service and commitment to teaching the next generation of foreign service officers. Once cataloged and available, scholars of late twentieth and early twenty first century U.S. foreign policy will be able to access his correspondence, calendars, speeches, and interviews documenting his work and the U.S.’s policy in the region.
Zoom webinar. Registration: https://bit.ly/48iQMXB