EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1866 as the Syrian Protestant College, renamed 1920.

Location:
Beirut, Lebanon

Founding Date:
1866

Official Website:
http://www.aub.edu.lb/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ahmed Chalabi	Politician	30-Oct-1944	3-Nov-2015	Prominent on the Iraqi Provisional Council
Miles Copeland	Business	2-May-1944		Founder of IRS Records
George Habash	Activist	2-Aug-1926	26-Jan-2008	Founder of the PFLP
Rabih Haddad	Religion	1960		Deported imam, purported terrorist
Mark G. Hambley	Diplomat	12-Feb-1948		US Ambassador to Lebanon, 1993-94
Philip K. Hitti	Scholar	24-Jun-1886	24-Dec-1978	History of the Arabs
Charles W. Hostler	Diplomat	12-Dec-1919	28-Sep-2014	US Ambassador to Bahrain, 1989-93
Ray R. Irani	Business	13-Jan-1935		CEO of Occidental Petroleum
Abdallah Jumah	Business	1941		President and CEO of ARAMCO
Walid Jumblatt	Politician	7-Aug-1949		Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party
Majid Khadduri	Scholar	1908	25-Jan-2007	Middle East scholar
Zalmay Khalilzad	Diplomat	22-Mar-1951		US Ambassador to the UN, 2007-09
Joseph LeBaron	Diplomat	c. 1947		US Ambassador to Mauritania
Herbert Molloy Mason, Jr.	Author	24-Oct-1927	16-Jan-2013	To Kill the Devil
Ali Naimi	Government	2-Aug-1935		Saudi Minister of Oil
Hutham S. Olayan	Business	c. 1954		Olayan Group
Adnan Pachachi	Politician	14-May-1923		Former Iraqi diplomat
Fouad Siniora	Head of State	1943		Prime Minister of Lebanon
Aziz R. D. Syriani	Business	1942		Olayan Group

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles S. Campbell	Historian	11-May-1911	17-Aug-2006	Anglo-American Understanding
Lewis Leary	Educator	18-Apr-1906	1-May-1990	That Rascal Freneau

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert F. Goheen	Educator	15-Aug-1919	31-Mar-2008	President of Princeton University, 1957-72
William R. Hambrecht	Business	c. 1935		W.R. Hambrecht & Co.
Ray R. Irani	Business	13-Jan-1935		CEO of Occidental Petroleum
Richard W. Murphy	Diplomat	29-Jul-1929		US Ambassador to Syria, 1974-78
Hutham S. Olayan	Business	c. 1954		Olayan Group

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