Phillips Talbot, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian affairs, meeting Israel's PM David Ben-Gurion in Jerusalem
William Phillips Talbot (June 7, 1915 – October 1, 2010) was a to Greece (1965–69) and, at his death, member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, the Council of American Ambassadors and the Council on Foreign Relations.[1][2]
Early life[]
Talbot was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and served in the United States Navy during World War II.[3]
Career[]
Journalism[]
After graduating from University of Illinois in 1936, Talbot started as a reporter for the Chicago Daily News, where he remained from 1936-38. In 1939, having been turned down for a foreign correspondent position, he left the Chicago Daily News to take a position with the Institute of Current World Affairs in India where he reported on the Indian independence movement.[4] The Phillips Talbot Fellowship was named in his honor and is awarded yearly by the Institute to promising young journalists.[5]
Politics[]
Talbot was the United States Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian affairs from 1961-65 during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.[6]
Talbot served as President of Asia Society from 1970-1982 and was awarded the Padma Shri in March 2002[7] for his efforts in fomenting peace between India and America during his tenure as President.[8]
References[]
- ↑ http://asiasociety.org/centers/new-york/asia-society-remembers-phillips-talbot-1915-2010
- ↑ http://uihistoriesproject.chass.illinois.edu/TAMHistory/Talbot/kh_talbot3.html
- ↑ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/talbot.html
- ↑ "An absorbing partition saga through eyes of an American". Bombay News. 13 April 2008. http://www.bombaynews.net/story/348061. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ↑ "Pakistan, a land of passion and peril". Star Tribune. June 26, 2009. http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/49118857.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aU1ccmiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
- ↑ "Path to Partition: A witness' account". Frontline. October 6, 2007. http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2420/stories/20071019506308400.htm. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ↑ "Padma Awards". Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Honour for two Indologists". The Hindu. March 26, 2002. http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/03/26/stories/2002032602001200.htm. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
External links[]
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