Maxwell School's International Relations Program Names New Chair
Posted by Leigh Sloane, 10/03/2008
Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs announced today that it has chosen Ambassador Donald Planty as the next leader of its International Relations program. Ambassador Planty, a native of Lowville, New York, will assume his new role effective August 2008.
Planty served in a variety of posts and in a range of geographic locations during his tenure with the U.S. State Department, including in the embassies in Panama, Chile, Mexico, the Holy See in Rome, Spain, and Norway. In his final posting, he served from 1996-99 as U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala. During that time, he helped Guatemala end its 36-year-long armed internal conflict by assisting both the government and the guerrillas to reach agreement on a permanent and lasting peace through a United Nations mediation process. In recognition of his efforts, he received the Order of the Quetzal, Grand Cross