Donald Edwin Nuechterlein (June 20, 1925 – July 7, 2022) was an American diplomat and academic, professor of international relations, Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia, from 1968 to 1988.

Early life

Nuechterlein was born in

Saginaw, Michigan Saginaw () is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County, Michigan, Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw and Saginaw County are both in the area known as Mid-Michigan. Saginaw is adjacent to Saginaw Charter Township, Michi ...

, on June 20, 1925, the son of Edwin William and Laura Anna Nuechterlein. He earned bachelor's master's and PhD degrees from the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

Career

He was professor of international relations at the Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia, from 1968 to 1988. He held the following titles with the United States government: * U.S. Government, assistant reports officer in

Berlin Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European U ...

, Germany, 1946–47 *

U.S. Department of State The United States Department of State (DOS), or State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations. Equivalent to the ministry of foreign affairs of other natio ...

, Washington, DC, research analyst, 1952–54 * U.S. Embassy in Reykjavik, Iceland, 1954–56 * Desk Officer in Washington, D.C., 1957–60 *

Cultural Attache Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these grou ...

U.S. Embassy in Bangkok The Embassy of the United States in Bangkok ( th, สถานเอกอัครราชทูตสหรัฐอเมริกาประจำประเทศไทย) is the diplomatic mission representing the United States in Thail ...

, Thailand, 1960–63 *

U.S. Department of Defense The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national secu ...

, Washington, DC, senior staff officer, 1964–68 He was professor of international relations at the Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia, from 1968 to 1988. In 1948, he married Mildred Virginia Usak, and they had four children, Jan, Jill, Jeffrey, Jonathan. He was a fellow of the

Rockefeller Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation is an American private foundation and philanthropic medical research and arts funding organization based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The second-oldest major philanthropic institution in America, after the Ca ...

Personal life and death

In 1995, his son, lawyer Jeffrey Donald Nuechterlein, married Abigail Riggs Spangler, daughter of billionaire businessman Clemmie Spangler. He died in

Charlottesville, Virginia Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. It is named after Queen ...

on July 7, 2022, at the age of 97.

References

External links

donaldnuechterlein.com
1925 births 2022 deaths People from Saginaw, Michigan University of Michigan alumni Academics from Michigan American foreign policy writers American male non-fiction writers Rockefeller Fellows United States Navy personnel of World War II Cultural attachés American expatriates in Germany American expatriates in Iceland American expatriates in Thailand {{US-diplomat-stub