John Stothoff Badeau

John Stothoff Badeau (February 24, 1903 – August 25, 1995) was a diplomat, engineer, minister, and scholar who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt and as the second President of The American University in Cairo.

Early life and education Badeau was born in Pittsburgh in 1903.

In 1945, he was named the second president of the institution and served in that role until 1953. While president of the university, Badeau continued to teach religion, ethics and philosophy classes. Badeau developed the university's first strategic plan and established the university's social research center with a grant from the Ford Foundation. Badeau was a recipient of the Order of the Nile from President Mohamed Naguib.

In May 1964, Badeau was named as director of Columbia University's Near and Middle East Institute and began work as adjunct professor of international relations. Upon his retirement in 1971, he became professor emeritus of modern Middle East studies. He continued to be a professional lecturer at Georgetown University until 1974, and was a founding fellow of the Middle East Studies Association of North America.

Diplomatic career In 1953, Badeau was named president of the Near East Foundation. In 1961, he was named by President of the United States John F. Kennedy as his choice for Ambassador to the United Arab Republic. While Syria had seceded from the UAR in the same year, Egypt would still be referred to as the UAR until 1971.

After the Assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, Badeau informed President Lyndon B. Johnson that he wished to return to academic life. He left his post as Ambassador in 1964. He also wrote about the background of Soviet Middle Eastern foreign policy during the Cold War for the Academy of Political Science.

Later life and death Badeau lived in retirement in Jamesburg, New Jersey, where he died on August 25, 1995, aged 92.