Douglas J. Bennet

Douglas J. Bennet
15th President of Wesleyan University
In office
July 1, 1995 – June 30, 2007
Preceded byWilliam Chace
Succeeded byMichael S. Roth
19th Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
In office
May 26, 1993 – May 31, 1995
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byJohn Bolton
Succeeded byPrinceton Lyman
7th Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
In office
1979–1981
PresidentJimmy Carter
Preceded byJohn J. Gilligan
Succeeded byM. Peter McPherson
15th Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs
In office
March 18, 1977 – August 2, 1979
PresidentJimmy Carter
Preceded byRobert J. McCloskey
Succeeded byJ. Brian Atwood
Personal details
Born
Douglas Joseph Bennet Jr.

(1938-06-23)June 23, 1938
Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedJune 10, 2018(2018-06-10) (aged 79)
Essex, Connecticut, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
Susanne Klejman
(m. 1959; div. 1995)
Midge Bowen Ramsey
(m. 1996)
Children3, including Michael and James
EducationWesleyan 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]

  1. ^ Boo, Katherine (January 15, 2007). "Expectations – Can the students who became a symbol of failed reform be rescued?". The New Yorker. Retrieved January 3, 2009.