Thomas Patrick Melady
Thomas Patrick Melady | |
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David Crane Halsted (Acting) Gordon Robert Beyer (Ambassador) | |
President of the Africa Service Institute | |
In office 1959–1967 | |
President of Sacred Heart University | |
In office 1976–1986 | |
Senior Diplomat at The Institute of World Politics | |
In office 2002–2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | The Catholic University of America (1955, M.A, Ph.D.) | March 4, 1927
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
After his graduation from high school he served in the U.S. Army from 1945 to 1947, then graduated from
A former consultant for the
In 1989 he was appointed by President
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.[4]
References
- ^ "The United States and Burundi in 1972" (PDF). Foreign Service Journal: 9. 1973-11-01.
- ^ "Thomas Melady - 1968 Norwich Native Son - Norwich Rotary Events". Norwich Rotary Events. 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
- ^ US ambassador to Vatican could be thorny pick[dead link]
- OCLC 1330888409.