Robert Francis Francis Goheen

Background

Goheen, Robert Francis was born on August 15, 1919 in Vengurla, India. Son of Robert H.H. and Anne (Ewing) Goheen.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1940; Master of Arts (Woodrow Wilson fellow), Princeton University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy (Procter fellow), Princeton University, 1948; honorary degrees from 26 university and colleges.

Career

Instructor, Princeton University 1948-1950, Assistant Professor 1950-1957, Professor 1957-1972, President 1957-1972, President Emeritus since 1972. Senior Fellow in Classics, American Academy, in Rome 1952-1953. Director National Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Programme 1953-1956.

Senior Fellow Woodrow Wilson School since 1981.

Director Mellon Fellowships in the Humanities since 1982. Chairman Council on Foundations, Incorporated.

1972-1977. President Edna McConnell Clark Foundation 1977.

Ambassador to India 1977-1980. Former Governor Reza Shah Kabir University (Iran).

Former Regent, Smithsonian Institute. Former Company-Chairman Indo-United States Sub-committee on Education and Culture.

Former Director Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States, Dreyfus Third Century" Fund.

Achievements

• Robert Francis Goheen has been listed as a noteworthy Classicist, educator, ambassador by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board Asia Society, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (United States of America), Carnegie Endowment for Institute Peace, Institute for Institute Education, Fund for New Jersey, United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, Midlantic Banks Incorporated, Thomson Newspapers Incorporated. Institute Advisory Board Chemical Bank and Advisory Panel, Bureau of Oceans and Institute Scientific and Environmental Affairs, United States Department, of State. Board American Academy, in Rome.

Rockefeller Foundation, Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching.

Council on Foreign Relations. American Academy, of Arts and Sciences.

Interests

• Golf, tennis, reading.

Connections

Married Margaret M. Skelly, June 21, 1941. Children: Anne Goheen Crane, Gertrude Goheen Swain, Stephen, Margaret Goheen Lower, Elizabeth Goheen Murphy, Charles.

Father:

Robert H.H. Goheen

Mother:

Anne (Ewing) Goheen

Spouse:

Margaret M. Skelly

child:

Margaret Goheen Lower Goheen

child:

Stephen Goheen

child:

Anne Goheen Crane Goheen

child:

Elizabeth Goheen Murphy Goheen

child:

Gertrude Goheen Swain Goheen

child:

Charles Goheen