Ambassador John S. Badeau was a diplomat, foundation official, educator, author and former missionary and ordained minister. In the late 1920s and 1930s he did missionary work in Iraq. During World War II he served as chief regional specialist for the Middle East with the Office of War Information. He was affiliated with the American University in Cairo, Egypt from 1936 to 1953 where he taught religion and philosophy. He was dean of the faculty of arts and sciences from 1936 to 1945 before serving as its president from 1945 to 1953. From 1953 to 1961 he was president of the Near East Foundation in New York. He also served on the board of the International Committee of the YMCA. From 1961 to 1964 he served as American Ambassador to the United Arab Republic (At that time a political union of Egypt and Syria) at the American Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. He also lectured at the Foreign Service Institute, the National War College, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and the Armed Forces Staff College. At Columbia University he was a modern Middle East studies professor and its Near and Middle East Institute director from 1964 to 1971. in 1971 he became professor emeritus of Modern Middle East studies. From 1971 to 1974 he taught Middle East history at Georgetown University. He was the author of technical works and articles on the Middle East. He wrote several books on the Middle East and Egypt. He also contributed to numerous books and was the author of several articles in publications like The Atlantic Monthly and Foreign Affairs.

references:
https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/26/obituaries/j-s-badeau-former-envoy-to-middle-east-dies-at-92.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1995/08/26/john-s-badeau-dies-at-92/181af20c-3520-49a2-96ea-9fa9c778fc51/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.877444c53519

Ambassador John S. Badeau was a diplomat, foundation official, educator, author and former missionary and ordained minister. In the late 1920s and 1930s he did missionary work in Iraq. During World War II he served as chief regional specialist for the Middle East with the Office of War Information. He was affiliated with the American University in Cairo, Egypt from 1936 to 1953 where he taught religion and philosophy. He was dean of the faculty of arts and sciences from 1936 to 1945 before serving as its president from 1945 to 1953. From 1953 to 1961 he was president of the Near East Foundation in New York. He also served on the board of the International Committee of the YMCA. From 1961 to 1964 he served as American Ambassador to the United Arab Republic (At that time a political union of Egypt and Syria) at the American Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. He also lectured at the Foreign Service Institute, the National War College, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and the Armed Forces Staff College. At Columbia University he was a modern Middle East studies professor and its Near and Middle East Institute director from 1964 to 1971. in 1971 he became professor emeritus of Modern Middle East studies. From 1971 to 1974 he taught Middle East history at Georgetown University. He was the author of technical works and articles on the Middle East. He wrote several books on the Middle East and Egypt. He also contributed to numerous books and was the author of several articles in publications like The Atlantic Monthly and Foreign Affairs.

references:
https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/26/obituaries/j-s-badeau-former-envoy-to-middle-east-dies-at-92.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1995/08/26/john-s-badeau-dies-at-92/181af20c-3520-49a2-96ea-9fa9c778fc51/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.877444c53519