Robert R. Bowie
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Robert R. Bowie is an American diplomat and scholar who served as CIA Deputy Director from 1977-1979.
Robert Bowie graduated from Princeton University
in 1931 and received a law degree from Harvard University
in 1934 and turned down offers to work as a corporate lawyer with New York's major law firms, returning to Baltimore
to work in his father's law firm, Bowie and Burke. He served in the U.S. Army (1942–1946) as a commissioned officer with the Pentagon and in occupied Germany from 1945 until 1946. In 1946 he resigned as a lieutenant-colonel. He taught at Harvard from 1946-1955. The youngest professor of the school, he was a trusted confidant to John J. McCloy
the "unofficial chairman of the American establishment". During periods of leave from Harvard between 1950 and 1952 Bowie worked for McCloy as one of his legal advisers in Germany.
He served as Director of Policy Planning from 1953–1957; co-founder of Harvard's Center for International Affairs
(1958); Counselor for the State Department from 1966-1968. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
, the Trilateral Commission
, and the American Academy of Diplomacy
. He is a recipient of the Legion of Merit
and the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/misc/publications/centerpiece/spring09_vol23_no2/of_note.html
Suez, 1956, Oxford UP
Shaping the Future: Foreign Policy in an Age of Transition, Columbia UP
Harvard Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
100th Birthday Celebration
Robert Bowie graduated from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
in 1931 and received a law degree from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1934 and turned down offers to work as a corporate lawyer with New York's major law firms, returning to Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
to work in his father's law firm, Bowie and Burke. He served in the U.S. Army (1942–1946) as a commissioned officer with the Pentagon and in occupied Germany from 1945 until 1946. In 1946 he resigned as a lieutenant-colonel. He taught at Harvard from 1946-1955. The youngest professor of the school, he was a trusted confidant to John J. McCloy
John J. McCloy
John Jay McCloy was a lawyer and banker who served as Assistant Secretary of War during World War II, president of the World Bank and U.S. High Commissioner for Germany...
the "unofficial chairman of the American establishment". During periods of leave from Harvard between 1950 and 1952 Bowie worked for McCloy as one of his legal advisers in Germany.
He served as Director of Policy Planning from 1953–1957; co-founder of Harvard's Center for International Affairs
Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs
The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs was founded as the Center for International Affairs in 1958 and assumed its current name in 1998 following an endowment by Albert and Celia Weatherhead and the Weatherhead Foundation. The aim of the Center was to confront the worlds problems as...
(1958); Counselor for the State Department from 1966-1968. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
, the Trilateral Commission
Trilateral Commission
The Trilateral Commission is a non-governmental, non-partisan discussion group founded by David Rockefeller in July 1973 to foster closer cooperation among the United States, Europe and Japan.-History:...
, and the American Academy of Diplomacy
American Academy of Diplomacy
The American Academy of Diplomacy is a private, non-profit, non-partisan, elected organization whose active membership is limited to men and women who have held positions of high responsibility in crafting and implementing American foreign policy...
. He is a recipient of the Legion of Merit
Legion of Merit
The Legion of Merit is a military decoration of the United States armed forces that is awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements...
and the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/misc/publications/centerpiece/spring09_vol23_no2/of_note.html
Books
Waging Peace: How Eisenhower Shaped an Enduring Cold War Strategy, by Robert R. Bowie and Richard H. Immerman, Oxford UP, 1998, ISBN 0 19 5062647Suez, 1956, Oxford UP
Shaping the Future: Foreign Policy in an Age of Transition, Columbia UP
Sources
Bio from the Eisenhower Memorial CommissionHarvard Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
100th Birthday Celebration