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Michael Armacost

AKA Michael Hayden Armacost

Born: 15-Apr-1937
Birthplace: Cleveland, OH

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Diplomat
Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Ambassador to Japan, 1989-93

Brother: Samuel Armacost (former president, Bank of America)
Wife: Roberta Bray ("Bonny", three sons)

    University: BA, Carleton College (1958)
    University: MA, Columbia University (1961)
    University: PhD, Columbia University (1965)
    Professor: Government, Pomona College (1965?-68)
    Professor: International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan (1968-69)
    Administrator: Board of Trustees, Carleton College
    Scholar: Fellow, Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford University (1993-95)
    Scholar: Fellow, Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford University (2002-)

    Brookings Institution President (1995-2002)
    US Ambassador to Japan (1989-93)
    US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1984-89)
    US Ambassador to the Philippines (1982-84)
    US State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1980-82)
    US Defense Department Deputy Assistant Secretary (1978-80)
    US National Security Council Senior Staff Member for East Asia (1977-78)
    US State Department Policy Planning Staff (1974-77)
    US State Department Special Asst. to the Ambassador, Tokyo, Japan (1972-74)
    US State Department Policy Planning Staff (1969-72)
    White House Fellows in the State Dept. (1969-70)
    Defense Policy Board
    Member of the Board of AFLAC (1994-)
    Member of the Board of Applied Materials (1993-)
    Member of the Board of Cargill
    Member of the Board of TRW
    Member of the Board of USEC
    America Abroad Media Advisory Board
    American Academy of Diplomacy
    Asia Foundation Board of Trustees
    Aspen Institute
    Bohemian Grove
    Bush-Cheney '04
    Council on Foreign Relations
    George W. Bush for President
    Hoover Institution
    National Committee on US-China Relations Board of Directors
    Trilateral Commission



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