Green, Stephen J(ohn)

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GREEN, Stephen J(ohn)

GREEN, Stephen J(ohn). American, b. 1940. Genres: Education, Politics/Government, Military/Defense/Arms control. Career: U.S. Peace Corps, Washington, DC, English teacher at secondary school in Niger, 1962-63; Gaffin & Weiss (law firm), NYC, clerk, 1964; American Friends of the Middle East, Washington, DC, assistant director of programs, 1965-67; UNICEF, assistant program and supply officer, Manila, Philippines, 1967-69, planning and program officer at Area Office for Ethiopia and Somalia, 1973-74, assistant to the deputy director of Europe Office in Geneva, Switzerland, 1974-75; Vermont Office on Aging, Montpelier, director, 1970-71; Vermont Dept of Employment, Montpelier, chief of manpower support services, 1971-72; UN Association, NYC, National Policy Panel on International Disaster Relief, project director, 1976-77; UN Development Program, Office of Projects Execution in Chad, regional coordinator, 1978; writer, 1978-80, 1981-; Basswood Associates, Montpelier, president, 1979-80; Oxford Committee for Famine Relief, Oxford, England, field director in Somalia, 1980-81; World Food Programme, senior relief officer, Rome, 1990-94, senior evaluation officer, 1997-99, coordinator for the Russia Federation, 2000; UN Dept. of Humanitarian Affairs, NYC, senior policy officer 1994-96, deputy head, civil affairs, UN Transitional Authority in Eastern Slavonia. Publications: Acts of Nature, Acts of Man: The Global Response to Natural Disasters, 1977; International Disaster Relief: Towards a Responsive System, 1977; (ed. with L.H. Stephens, and contrib.) Disaster Assistance: Appraisal, Reform, and New Approaches, 1979; Taking Sides: America's Secret Relations with a Militant Israel, 1948-1967, 1984; Living by the Sword: America and Israel in the Middle East, 1988. Address: 242 Rowell Hill Rd, Berlin, VT 05602, U.S.A. Online address: sjgreen@sover.net

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