Donald P. Gregg

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Ambassador
Donald Gregg
United States Ambassador to South Korea
In office
September 27, 1989[1] – February 27, 1993 [1]
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Preceded byJames R. Lilley
Succeeded byJames T. Laney
Personal details
Born
Donald Phinney Gregg

(1927-12-05) December 5, 1927 (age 96)[2]
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
SpouseMargaret Curry-Gregg
ChildrenLucy Steuart Gregg
Alma materWilliams College
ProfessionDiplomat
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1945-1947

Donald Phinney Gregg (born December 5, 1927) is a retired American politician, CIA employee, and U.S. Ambassador to South Korea. Gregg worked for the

Korea Society (until 2009), where he called for greater engagement with North Korea
.

Background and family life

After graduating from high school, Gregg enlisted in the military in 1945 and received training as a

cryptanalyst, but did not finish in time to be posted overseas.[2] He then attended Williams College, in Williamstown, Massachusetts, from 1947 to 1951, majoring in philosophy.[2] Here he was recruited by the CIA.[2]

Gregg's father was Abel J. Gregg of Washington, the national secretary of boys' work of the

VJ Adam Curry.[5]

Career

Gregg joined the

Ted Shackley, had warned him against such interference, later described this as "one of the best things I did as a CIA officer".[2]

From 1975 to 1980, Gregg served at the CIA's headquarters and in Washington, D.C.; his responsibilities included responding to the

George H. W. Bush in August 1982, resigning from the CIA at this time. He remained National Security Advisor for the remainder of the Reagan administration.[2][6]

Maxwell School at Syracuse University

Gregg, while at the Korea Society during President

News Hour to discuss the agreement with Balbina Hwang, visiting professor at Georgetown University and a Korea specialist at the State Department during the last Bush administration.[10]

In September 2009, Gregg retired to the role of chairman emeritus of The Korea Society and was replaced as chairman by

ISBN 978-0990447115
, a memoir.

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b Office of the Historian, "Donald Phinney Gregg (1927-)"
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, 3 March 2004, "Interview"
  3. ^ "C. T. Buckley to Marry Lucy S. Gregg" (limited no-charge access), The New York Times, October 7, 1984. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  4. ^ Colacello, Bob, "Mr. and Mrs. Right", Vanity Fair, January, 2009. Headline refers to Buckley's parents. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  5. ^ "Adam Curry's Weblog". Radio-weblogs.com. July 19, 2003. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
  6. Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters, Vol. 1, August 4, 1993 (Washington, D.C., United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.) Report via Federation of American Scientists
    ' website fas.org.
  7. ^ "Donald Gregg’s pet project at Syracuse’s Maxwell School pays dividends", guamdiary blog, March 2, 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  8. ^ "AP: Senior North Korea nuke envoy heading to N.Y.", via USA Today, March 1, 2012 2:07 update. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  9. ^ Lee, Jean H., "North Korean official to attend unofficial nuclear talks in US", AP via Boston Globe, March 2, 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  10. ^ "North Korea's Nuclear Attitude: What's Next?", interview with Judy Woodruff, February 29, 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  11. ^ a b c American Committees on Foreign Relations, Donald P. Gregg Archived December 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Simon Moss, Cornell Chronicle, 31 March 2004, Former U.S. ambassador to Korea will give Bartels Lecture at Cornell, April 12

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