Ahmad Rafic Haffar

Background

Haffar, Ahmad Rafic was born on March 10, 1929 in Tripoli, Lebanon. Came to the United States, 1949. Son of Rafic M. and Nadra I. (Al-Fattal) Al-Haffar.

Education

Bachelor, University Utah, 1954. Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1961.

Career

Assistant professor, State University of New York, New Paltz, 1960-1963; associate professor, State University of New York, New Paltz, 1964-1968; professor political science, State University of New York, New Paltz, since 1969; director Middle East and Islamic Studies, State University of New York, New Paltz, since 1963. Research associate Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1970. Chairman social and political studies Arab.

Development Institute, Tripoli, 1975-1976, 77-78. Director field research King Saud U., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1980-1982. Negotiator U. ofState of New York, also Middle East universities.

Achievements

• Ahmad Rafic Haffar has been listed as a noteworthy Political science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board governors Fund for Peace, New York City, 1970-1973. Executive committee Center for International Peace, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982-1985. Member Middle East Institute, Middle East Study Association of America, New England Council om Middle Eastern Studies, The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni, Sultan Kabbous Center for Study of the Gulf.

Interests

• Avocations: travel, skiing, swimming, rare manuscripts.

Connections

Married Shirlee Smith, September 11, 1956. Children: Nadra Estelle, Richard Rafic, Derek Amin, Warren Rashid.

Father:

Rafic M. Al-Haffar

Mother:

Nadra I. (Al-Fattal) Al-Haffar

Spouse:

Shirlee Smith

child:

Derek Amin Haffar

child:

Richard Rafic Haffar

child:

Warren Rashid Haffar

child:

Nadra Estelle Haffar