Background

Cleaves, Peter Shurtleff was born on December 4, 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Richard Delaplane and Margaret Grant (Shurtleff) Cleaves.

Education

AB, Dartmouth College, 1966; Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1972.

Career

Escort interpreter United States Department State, Washington, 1966-1968. Associate representative for Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia, Ford Foundation, Lima, Peru, 1972-1976, representative for Mexico and Central America, Mexico City, 1977-1982. Visiting scholar Yale University, New Haven, 1976-1977.

Vice president 1st National Bank Chicago, 1982-1990. Professor University Texas, Austin, 1990-1999, director Institute Latin American Studies, 1990-1995, director Center for Study Western Hemisphere Trade, 1995-1997. Executive director Avina Foundation, Hurden, Switzerland, 1997—2004.

President DRG International, 2005—2007. Chief Executive Officer Emirates Foundation, since 2007. Consultant various corporation, multilateral, and non-profit organizations in Latin American and the Middle East, since 1990.

Achievements

• Peter Shurtleff Cleaves has been listed as a noteworthy University and foundation official by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Agriculture, Bureaucracy, and Military Government in Peru

    (Book by Cleaves, Peter S.)

  • Bureaucratic Politics and Administration in Chile
  • Professions and the State: The Mexican Case (Profmex Monograph Series)

Membership

Chairman, trustee International School Panama, Panama City, 1984-1986. Advisor on L.Am. policy position papers National Democratic Committee, Washington, 1988, 92, 96. Member L.Am. Studies Association, Barton Creek Country Club.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, languages.

Connections

Married Dorothy Barcham, August 31, 1968. Children: Geoffrey, Rachel.

Father:

Richard Delaplane Cleaves

Mother:

Margaret Grant (Shurtleff) Cleaves

Spouse:

Dorothy Barcham

child:

Rachel Cleaves

child:

Geoffrey Cleaves