William Banks Bader(September 8, 1931 – March 16, 2016)[1][2]was an American diplomat who served as theassistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairsfrom 1999 to 2001.
William B. Bader | |
|---|---|
| 9thAssistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs | |
| In office November 18, 1999 – January 20, 2001 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Alice Stone Ilchman |
| Succeeded by | Patricia Harrison |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Banks Bader September 8, 1931 Atlantic City, New Jersey,U.S. |
| Died | March 16, 2016(aged 84) |
| Spouse | Gretta Bader |
| Children | 4, includingDiedrich |
| Relatives | Edward L. Bader(grandfather) |
| Education | Pomona College(BA) Princeton University(MA,PhD) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Navy/Reserves |
| Years of service | 1955–1958 |
| Rank |  Captain |
Early life and education
editBader's paternal grandfather wasEdward L. Bader,who wasmayor of Atlantic City, New Jerseyand is of German and Scottish heritage.[3][4]He was educated atPomona College,receiving a Bachelor of Arts in 1953. He then studied as aFulbright scholaratLudwig Maximilian University of Munichand theUniversity of Vienna.During his time in Munich, Bader married his Pomona College classmate, sculptorGretta Lange;they had four children, one of whom is actorDiedrich Bader.He served in theUnited States Navyfrom 1955 to 1958 on active duty and later transferred to theReservesbefore retiring with the rank ofcaptain.He then studiedGerman historyatPrinceton UniversityunderGordon A. Craig,earning a Master of Arts in 1960 and a PhD in 1964.
Career
editBader joined theUnited States Foreign Servicein 1965, and was posted to theBureau of Political-Military Affairsin Washington, D.C. In 1966,Sen.J. William Fulbright(D-AR) invited Bader to join the staff of theUnited States Senate Committee on Foreign Relationswhere he was a senior staff member overseeing international security and arms control from 1966 to 1969. During this time, he also worked for theUnited States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs,chaired by Sen.Stuart Symington(D-MO).
In the early 1970s, Bader worked for theFord Foundationin Paris. He became a fellow of theWoodrow Wilson International Center for Scholarsin 1974.
Bader returned to government in 1976 when he was appointed deputyunder secretary of defense for policy.He returned to the staff of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in 1979 as Staff Director at a time when the committee was considering theCamp David Accords,theTaiwan Relations Act,andSALT II.
In 1981, Bader became Vice President and Senior Officer of the Washington, D.C. office ofSRI International.He moved to California in 1988 to become Vice President of SRI International's policy division.[5]He became president of the Eurasia Foundation in 1992. He spent 1996–97 as a visiting fellow at theWorld Bank Group.
In 1999, President of the United StatesBill Clintonnominated Bader to beassistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairsand, afterSenate confirmation,Bader held the office from November 18, 1999, until January 20, 2001.[1]
Bader and his wife had four children, the youngest being actorDiedrich Bader.The three elder children are academics working in the fields of linguistics, political science, and medieval history.[6][7]
Selected publications
edit- "Oesterreich in Potsdam" inOesterreichische Zeitschrift für Aussenpolitik,Vol. II, No. 4, June 1962
- "The United States and the 'German Problem'" inForeign Affairs,1965
- Austria Between East and West: 1945–1955,Stanford University Press, 1966
- The United States and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons,Pegasus, 1968
- "The Congress and National Security" inNaval War College Review,1970
- "The Proliferation of Conventional Weapons" inThe Future of the International Legal Order,Vol. III, ed. C.E. Black and Richard Falk, 1971
- "Congress and the Making of the U.S. Security Policies," Adelphi Paper No. 173, IISS, London, England, 1982
- "Austria, The United States, and the Path to Neutrality" inThe Austrian Solution,ed. Robert A. Bauer, 1982
- "Western Europe" inTRANSACTION/SOCIETY,Vol. 22, No. 4, May/June 1985
- "Western Europe: From Roosevelt to Reagan" inThe President, the Congress and Foreign Policy: A Joint Policy Project of the Association of Former Members of Congress and the Atlantic Council of the United States,Lanham, New York; London, England; University Press of New York, 1986
- The Taiwan Relations Act: A Decade of Implementation,Hudson Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, ed. William Bader and Jeffrey Bergner, 1989
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ab"Department History – People – William B. Bader".United States Department of StateOffice of the Historian.RetrievedFebruary 2,2012.
- ^U.S. Public Records Index,Vols 1 & 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ^Schudel, Matt (March 19, 2016)."William B. Bader, official who helped uncover CIA, Defense abuses, dies at 84".Washington Post.ISSN0190-8286.RetrievedSeptember 25,2021.
- ^"Teacher From Hawaii Is Miss America".ProQuest409050343.
- ^"Opening Statement of Dr. William B. Bader of New Jersey at his Hearing for Nomination as Associate Director of the U.S. Information Agency Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee".University of Illinois at Chicago.October 7, 1998.RetrievedFebruary 3,2012.
- ^"Diedrich Bader's family proud he clowns around".The Washington Times.RetrievedAugust 14,2024.
- ^Matt Schudel (March 19, 2016)."William B. Bader, official who helped uncover CIA, Defense abuses, dies at 84".The Washington Post.
Further reading
edit- "The 60th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program in Austria: 1950 – 2010: Seeing the World as Others See It",Bridges: The OST's Publication on S&T Policy,vol. 26, July 2010.