Melady, Thomas (Patrick)

views updated

MELADY, Thomas (Patrick)

MELADY, Thomas (Patrick). American, b. 1927. Genres: International relations/Current affairs, Third World, Race relations. Career: President Emeritus, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, 1986- (President 1976-86). Professor and Senior Diplomat in Residence, Institute of World Politics, 2001-. Lecturer, Addis Ababa University, 1955-56; Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Asian and Non-Western Studies, and President, Africa Service Institute, 1959-67, Professor of Afro- Asian Affairs, and Director, Office of International Studies, 1973-74; Lecturer, St. John's University, NY, and Adjunct Professor of African History, Fordham University, NYC, 1960-67; U.S. Ambassador to Burundi, 1969-72, and to Uganda, 1972-73; Executive Vice-President, St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, 1974-76; Assistant Secty, U.S. Dept. of Education, 1981-82; President and CEO, Connecticut Public Expenditures Council, 1986-89; U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, Vatican City, 1989-93. Publications: Profiles of African Leaders, 1961; White Man's Future in Black Africa, 1962; Faces of Africa, 1964; Kenneth Kuanda of Zambia, 1964; Revolution of Color, 1965; Western Policy and the Third World, 1967; (co-author) House Divided, 1969; Development: Lessons for the Future, 1973; Burundi: The Tragic Years, 1974; (co-author) Uganda: The Asian Exiles, 1975; Idi Amin Dada: Hitler in Africa, 1977; The Ambassador's Story: The United States and the Vatican in World Affairs, 1994; Catholics in the Public Squeeze, 1995; Public Catholicism, 1996; Faith Family Friends: Memoirs of Thomas Patrick Melady, 2003. Address: 3016 Tilden St NW Apt 401, Washington, DC 20008, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]