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Garst
Museum
United
Nations
Diplomat To Visit Hometown
There
are not many
hometowns that can claim they have a native son who is the
Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs of the United Nations,
New York.
Jeffrey Feltman, a Greenville High School graduate, will speak at the
Garst
Museum’s special lecture series program on Sunday, May 5, 2013 in
Greenville,
Ohio
Jeffrey
Feltman
was born and raised in Greenville, Ohio. He graduated from Greenville
High
School, Ball State University, and The Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy at
Tufts University where he received a Master of Arts in Law and
Diplomacy. He is
the son of David and Roberta Feltman of Greenville and is married to
Mary
Draper who is Director of Career Development for Foreign Service
Personnel.
While
in college,
Mr. Feltman developed an interest in diplomacy and foreign languages
and went
on to establish a distinguished diplomatic career. His fluency in
Arabic,
French, and Hungarian, has served him well. He joined the U.S. Foreign
Service
as Vice Consul, U.S. Embassy, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (1986-1987). He
then went
to Budapest, Hungary (1988-1991) and served during a period of great
change for
that country. In 1991-1993, Mr. Feltman served under Deputy Secretary
of State
Lawrence Eagleburger. He focused on monitoring United States assistance
programs in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
Mr.
Feltman served
at U.S. Missions in Israel, Tunisia, Iraq, and Lebanon. He most
recently served
as Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs with the rank of
Senior
Career Minister. In this position, he advised Secretary of State
Hillary
Clinton on issues related to the Arab world. He also served under
Secretaries
of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice. Upon his retirement from
the State
Department in 2012, Mr. Feltman was appointed to his current position
at the
United Nations in New York.
Jeffrey
Feltman
will speak at the Garst Museum’s special lecture series program on
Sunday, May
5, 2013 in Greenville, Ohio. The program will start at 2:00 p.m. He
will give a
short presentation and then will open the program to discussion. Here
is a
chance to ask questions about what it is like to be a diplomat and hear
about
some of the experiences and people Mr. Feltman has encountered. You
will find
him candid and easy to talk with.
Support
for the
Garst Lecture Series comes, in part, from Harry D. Stephens Memorial
Trust,
Inc. The Garst Museum is located at:205 N. Broadway, Greenville, OH
45331; 937-548-5250;
website: www.garstmuseum.org email: information@garstmuseum.org
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