Brandon Grove Explained

Brandon Grove
Office:Director of the Foreign Service Institute
President:George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Term Start:July 5, 1988
Term End:August 14, 1992
Predecessor:Charles Bray
Successor:Lawrence Taylor
Office1:United States Ambassador to Zaire
President1:Ronald Reagan
Term Start1:September 18, 1984
Term End1:September 18, 1987
Predecessor1:Peter Constable
Successor1:William C. Harrop
Office2:Inspector General of the Department of State
Acting
President2:Ronald Reagan
Term Start2:May 1, 1978
Term End2:July 5, 1978
Predecessor2:Robert M. Sayre
Successor2:Theodore L. Eliot Jr.
Office3:United States Ambassador to East Germany
Acting
President3:Gerald Ford
Term Start3:December 9, 1974
Term End3:December 20, 1974
Predecessor3:Position established
Successor3:John Sherman Cooper
Birth Name:Brandon Hambright Grove Jr.
Birth Date:8 April 1929
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Death Place:Washington, D.C., U.S.
Spouse:Mariana Moran
Education:Bard College (BA)
Princeton University (MPA)

Brandon Hambright Grove Jr. (April 8, 1929 – May 20, 2016) was the United States Ambassador to the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and Zaire (1984–87)[1] and served on the board of directors of the American Academy of Diplomacy.[2]

Grove received an undergraduate degree from Bard College in 1950 and a master's degree in public administration from Princeton University in 1952.[3]

Ambassador Brandon Grove's diplomatic career spanned thirty-five years in the U.S. Foreign Service under nine presidents and twelve secretaries of state.

Born in Chicago (April 8, 1929), he held degrees from Bard College and the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University. As an amphibious boat group commander in the U.S. Navy, he served to the rank of Lieutenant. Before joining the U.S. Foreign Service in 1959, he worked on the staff of Congressman Chester Bowles, of Connecticut.

His diplomatic assignments took him to posts in Africa, India, East and West Berlin, and Jerusalem, where he was consul general during Israel's war with Lebanon. In 1974, he became the first American diplomat accredited to East Germany, where he established the embassy in Berlin. During 1984-87, he served as President Reagan's ambassador to Zaire.[4]

Among assignments in Washington, he twice filled positions managing U.S. relations with Panama, Central America, and the Caribbean, first as director of the Office of Panamanian Affairs, and later as deputy assistant secretary of state for Inter-American Affairs. He served on the policy planning staffs of secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and Warren Christopher.

Ambassador Grove, during 1988-92, was director of the State Department's Foreign Service Institute responsible for foreign affairs training throughout the government. He coordinated the design and construction of its permanent facility at Arlington Hall, Virginia. At Hamilton College, Grove was the Sol M. Linowitz Professor of International Affairs, teaching a course on diplomacy in practice.

In 2000, Bard College awarded him its John Dewey Medal for Distinguished Public Service, and in 2010 the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters for his lifetime contributions to diplomacy. He has three times received the President's Meritorious Service Award.

The University of Missouri Press published his autobiography, Behind Embassy Walls: The Life and Times of an American Diplomat, in June 2005.

Ambassador Grove was president emeritus of the American Academy of Diplomacy.

Grove, Jr. died from complications of cancer on May 20, 2016, in Washington, D.C., aged 87.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Simpson, Dan (27 July 2005). Diplomacy Is A Many-splendored Thing, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Retrieved December 1, 2010
  2. http://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/members/bios/grove.htm Brandon Grove
  3. (22 May 2010). Bard College commencement today, Daily Freeman, Retrieved December 1, 2010
  4. Web site: 19 December 1990 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR BRANDON H. GROVE, JR . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240712195742/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Grove,%20Brandon.toc.pdf . 12 July 2024 . 12 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
  5. News: Brandon Grove Jr., diplomat who led Foreign Service Institute, dies at 87. The Washington Post. May 25, 2016. May 24, 2016. Bart Barnes.