Douglas J. Bennet | |
|---|---|
| 15th President of Wesleyan University | |
| In office July 1, 1995 – June 30, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | William Chace |
| Succeeded by | Michael S. Roth |
| 19th Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs | |
| In office May 26, 1993 – May 31, 1995 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | John Bolton |
| Succeeded by | Princeton Lyman |
| 7th Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development | |
| In office 1979–1981 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | John J. Gilligan |
| Succeeded by | M. Peter McPherson |
| 15th Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs | |
| In office March 18, 1977 – August 2, 1979 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Robert J. McCloskey |
| Succeeded by | J. Brian Atwood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Douglas Joseph Bennet Jr. June 23, 1938 Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | June 10, 2018 (aged 79) Essex, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouses | Susanne Klejman
(m. 1959; div. 1995)Midge Bowen Ramsey (m. 1996) |
| Children | 3, including Michael and James |
| Education | Wesleyan University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MA) Harvard University (PhD) |
Douglas Joseph Bennet Jr. (June 23, 1938 – June 10, 2018) was an American political official and college president. He was the fifteenth president of Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Connecticut, from 1995 to 2007. Before that, he served as assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs in the Clinton administration (1993–95) and assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs in the Carter administration (1977–79), was the president and CEO of National Public Radio (1983–93), and ran the United States Agency for International Development under President Carter (1979–81).[1]