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Robert F. Goheen

AKA Robert Francis Goheen

Born: 15-Aug-1919
Birthplace: Vengurla, India
Died: 31-Mar-2008
Location of death: Princeton, NJ [1]
Cause of death: Heart Failure

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Educator, Diplomat
Party Affiliation: Democratic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: President of Princeton University, 1957-72

Military service: US Army (1941-45)


[1] University Medical Center, Princeton, NJ.

Father: Robert H. H. Goheen
Brother: Richard R. P. Goheen (older)
Wife: Margaret M. Skelly (m. 1941, four daughters, two sons)
Daughter: Anne Goheen Crane
Daughter: Trudi Goheen Swain
Son: Stephen Goheen
Daughter: Megan Goheen Lower
Daughter: Elizabeth Goheen
Son: Charley Goheen

    High School: Lawrenceville School (1936)
    University: BA, Princeton University (1940)
    University: MA, Princeton University (1947)
    University: PhD, Princeton University (1948)
    Professor: Princeton University (1948-57)
    Administrator: President, Princeton University (1957-72)
    Administrator: Board of Governors, Reza Shah Kabir University, Baabolsar, Iran
    Professor: Princeton University (1981-)
    Administrator: Trustee, American University of Beirut

    US Ambassador to India (1977-80)
    Smithsonian Institution Regent
    American Academy of Diplomacy
    Council on Foreign Relations
    Dean for America
    Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
    Ford Foundation Consultant, higher education matters in India (1962-)
    John Kerry for President
    New Leadership for America PAC
    Rockefeller Foundation Trustee (1960-77)
    Phi Beta Kappa Society
    Bronze Star 2 clusters
    Legion of Merit


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