1. Alfred Atherton was a Middle East expert who helped in the negotiations that led to the 1978 Camp David peace accords between Israel and Egypt.
12 Facts About Alfred Atherton
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Alfred Atherton served in the US Army in Europe from 1943 to 1945.
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Alfred Atherton received a master's degree in economics from the University of California in Berkeley.
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Alfred Atherton became an Ambassador-at-large and was a member of the US negotiating team at the Camp David summit in September 1978.
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Alfred Atherton had spent months preparing both parties for the summit.
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Alfred Atherton served as United States Ambassador to Egypt from 1979 to 1983, where he was responsible for the largest US mission in the world, with a staff of 872 Americans and 500 Egyptians.
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Alfred Atherton was a visiting professor of Middle Eastern Affairs at Hamilton College as Sol M Linowitz Visiting professor of government.
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Alfred Atherton was a visiting professor at Mount Holyoke and Birmingham Southern Colleges.
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Alfred Atherton was a member of All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington DC.
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Alfred Atherton died at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, on October 30,2002 from complications related to cancer surgery.
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Alfred Atherton is buried at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington DC along with his wife, Betty Wylie who died on February 18,2009.
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Alfred Atherton is a direct descendant of James Atherton, who arrived in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in the 1630s.