Background
Edwards, Robert Hazard was born on May 26, 1935 in London.
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Robert Hazard Edwards
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AB, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1957. Bachelor, Cambridge University, England, 1959. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, 1977.
Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Carleton College, 1986. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Bowdoin College.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Colby College, 2001. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Maine, 2007.
Career
Fellow Ford Found, 1961—1963. With United Nations political affairs Department State, 1963—1965, Ford Foundation, 1965—1977. Representative for Pakistan, 1968—1972.
Head Middle East and Africa, 1973—1977. President Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1977—1986. Head social welfare department Secretariat of the Aga Khan, Paris, 1986—1990.
President Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1990—2001. Member board visitors University Maine. Trustee Aga Khan University.
Achievements
Membership
Member Council on Foreign Rels. New York City, Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (chairman).
Connections
Son of Arthur Robinson and Marjorie Hazard (Mayes) E. (father American citizen). Married Blythe Morton Bickel, November 5, 1988. Children from previous marriage: Elizabeth, Daphne, Nicholas.
