Background
Veliotes, Nicholas Alexander was born on October 28, 1928 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Alexander and Irene (Kiskakis) Veliotes.
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Veliotes, Nicholas Alexander was born on October 28, 1928 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Alexander and Irene (Kiskakis) Veliotes.
Bachelor, University of California-Berkeley, 1952; Master of Arts, Woodrow Wilson School, 1954; student, Princeton University, 1969-1970.
Teaching assistant, University of California, Berkeley, 1952-1954; commissioned officer, United States Foreign Service, 1955; held various Foreign Service posts, Italy, India, Laos, Israel, Jordan, Egypt assistant secretary of state for Near East and South Asia, 1981-1983; ambassador to Jordan, American Embassy, Amman, 1978-1981; ambassador to Egypt, American Embassy, Cairo, 1983-1986; president, Association American Publications, 1986-1987; president emeritus, Association American Publications, 1987-1997.
Board of directors Fund for Free Expression, America Academy Diplomacy, Committee on President, Access and Amideast. Served with United States Army, 1946-1948. Member Council on Foreign Relations, Veterans of Foreign Wars, University of California Berkeley Fellows.
Married Patricia Jane Nolan, July 17, 1953. Children: Christopher, Michael.