Jessica Mathews
| Jessica Mathews | |
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Mathews in 2009
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| Born |
Jessica Tuchman Mathews July 4, 1946 |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater |
Radcliffe College, A.B. 1967 Caltech, Ph.D. 1973 |
| Employer | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1997–present |
| Home town | New York, New York |
| Title | Director, National Security Council Office of Global Issues |
| Term | 1977–1979 |
| Board member of | Editorial board, Washington Post, 1980–1982 |
| Spouse(s) | General Charles G. Boyd |
| Parent(s) |
Barbara Wertheim Tuchman, historian, Pulitzer Prize winner Lester Tuchman, MD, professor Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
Jessica Tuchman Mathews (born July 4, 1946) was President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a foreign policy think tank in Washington, D.C., from 1997 to 2015. She has also held jobs in the executive and legislative branches of government, management and research in nonprofits, and journalism.
Jessica Tuchman Matthews was born on July 4, 1946, to Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989), historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, and Lester Tuchman (c. 1904–1997), medical researcher and professor of clinical medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Her maternal grandfather was banker Maurice Wertheim.
Mathews attended Radcliffe College (1963–1967), earning her A.B. in 1967. She continued her education in biochemistry and biophysics at California Institute of Technology (1968–1973), receiving her doctorate in 1973.
From 1977 to 1979, she was Director of the Office of Global Issues of the National Security Council, covering nuclear proliferation, conventional arms sales policy, chemical and biological warfare, and human rights. In 1993, she returned to government as deputy to the Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs.
She served on the editorial board of the Washington Post from 1980 to 1982, covering energy, environment, science, technology, arms control, health, and other issues. Later, she became a weekly columnist for the Washington Post, writing a column that appeared nationwide and in the International Herald Tribune.
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