Background
Rope, William Frederick was born on August 27, 1940 in New York City. Son of Frederick Thornton and Irene (King) Rope.
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William Frederick Rope
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Bachelor in History, Yale University, 1962. Master of Arts in Government, Georgetown University, 1970. Postgraduate, National War College, 1978.
Postgraduate, Trinity College, Washington, District of Columbia, 1999—2000.
Career
Vice consul American Consulate General, Hong Kong, 1967-1969, political/economics officer, 1971-1973. Economics/commercial officer United States Liaison Office, Beijing, 1973-1975. Chief Northeast Asia division Bureau Intelligence and Research United States Department State, Washington, 1975-1977, director Operations Center, 1978-1980.
Director Office International Security Policy, 1980-1981. Director Office Chinese and Mongolian Affairs, 1981-1983. Director Office Southern European Affairs, 1984-1986.
Deputy chief of mission American Embassy, Ankara, Turkey, 1987-1989. Principal deputy assistant secretary state for politic-military affairs. Department State, Washington, 1989-1992.
Chargé d'Affaires American Embassy, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, 1993, Suva, Fuji, 1994. Senior adviser policy planning staff and to the United States Mission to the United Nations, 1993-1995. Retired Foreign Service, 1995.
American co-director Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies, Nanjing, China, 1995—1996. President Center Business Skills Development, American Graduate School International Management (Thunderbird), 1997—1998. Elementary school teacher District of Columbia Public Schools, since 1999.
Member State Department Senior Seminar, Rosslyn, Virginia, 1983-1984, executive board member, Washington Teachers Union.
Achievements
Membership
Lieutenant United States Navy, 1962-1966.
Connections
Married Priscilla Barnard, February 18, 1967. Children: Katherine Austin, Robert Whitney.
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American