MEI Scholar
Richard W. Murphy
Adjunct Scholar
Experience
- President of Richard W. Murphy Associates (2004 - present)
- Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East and South Asia (1983 - 1989)
- U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania, Syria, the Philippines and Saudi Arabia (1971 - 1983)
- Diplomatic assignments in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Jordan (1955 - 1968)
Education
- AB, Cambridge University (1953)
- BA, Harvard University (1951)
"...to promote knowledge of the Middle East in America and strengthen understanding of the United States by the people and governments of the region."
-- MEI Mission Statement
-- MEI Mission Statement
