Background
Boeker, Paul Harold was born on May 2, 1938 in St. Louis. Son of Victor W. and Marie Dorothy (Bernthal) Boeker.
Boeker, Paul Harold was born on May 2, 1938 in St. Louis. Son of Victor W. and Marie Dorothy (Bernthal) Boeker.
AB magna cum laude, Dartmouth College, 1960. Postgraduate, Princeton University, 1961. Master of Arts in Economics, University Michigan, 1967.
Joined Department State, 1961. Vice consul Duesseldorf, Germany, 1962-1963. 2d secretary American Embassy, Bogotá, Colombia, 1964-1966.
Member White House Task Force on International Development, 1969. Director Office Development Finance, Department State, 1970. 1st secretary American Embassy, Bonn, Germany, 1971-1973.
Member policy planning staff Department State, 1974, deputy assistant secretary state for international finance and development, 1975, senior deputy assistant secretary state for economic and business affairs, 1976. Ambassador to Bolivia, 1977-1980. Director Foreign Service Institute, Washington, 1980—1983.
Member Secretary's Planning Council, 1983-1984. Ambassador to Jordan, 1984-1987. President Institute of the American mathematical society, University California, San Diego, 1998—2003.
Executive advisor Wirless Facilities Inc., 1997—2003.
Author: Lost Illusions: Latin America's Struggle for Democracy. Editor: Latin America's Turnaround, 1993.
Member American Academy Diplomacy, Council on Foreign Relations.
Married Margaret Macon Campbell. Children: Michelle Renee, Kent Elliott, Katherine Madison.