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The Evolution of a U.S. Ambassador: Policy and Perspective in a Global Age Robert “Skipp” Orr Florida Atlantic University 2016 Former U.S. ambassador and FAU alumnus Skipp Orr presented the thirteenth annual John O’<strong>Sullivan</strong> Memorial Lecture. Orr graduated from FAU in 1976 with a bachelor’s degree in history. He subsequently earned a master’s degree in government from Georgetown University, and a doctorate in political science/ international relations from the University of Tokyo. Ambassador Orr served as United States Executive Director with the rank of Ambassador to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) from 2010-2016. From 2007-2010 he was the Chairman of the Board of the Panasonic Foundation, and from 2002-2007, President of Boeing Japan. Previously, he held several seniorlevel positions with Motorola in both Brussels and Japan, culminating as Vice-President of Government Relations. Active for many years in academia and the U.S. government, between 1985 and 1993 he was a professor of political science at Temple University in Japan, with two years off to run the Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies and the Stanford Center for Technology and Innovation at the Stanford Japan Center in Kyoto. Orr’s book, “The Emergence of Japan’s Foreign Aid Power,” won the 1991 Ohira Prize for best book on the Asia Pacific. 14
The Modern Presidency from Kennedy to Trump: Intersection of Politics and Personality William H. Chafe Duke University 2017 William H. Chafe of Duke University presented the fourteenth annual John O’<strong>Sullivan</strong> Memorial Lecture. Chafe examined how personality helped shape the politics of many of our modern presidents. He looked at the presidencies of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, dealing with issues as varied as the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, Watergate and the Clinton health care bill. Chafe is the Alice Mary Baldwin Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University. He has written 13 books on American history, including a major new overview of 20th century America titled, “The Rise and Fall of the American Century,” a history of personality and politics in modern America titled “Private Lives/Public Consequences, Personality and Politics in Modern America,” and a book about the Clintons titled, “Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal.” The JOHN O’SULLIVAN MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIES | 15
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