So You Want To Be A Diplomat?

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By George Lambrakis ’52

Published Jan. 15, 2020

 George Lambrakis ’52 writes this memoir with the aim to help students or other prospective diplomats learn what they might expect from the profession. In So You Want To Be a Diplomat,  Lambrakis details his more than three decades of service, warts and all. His anecdotes take readers through interacting with world leaders and common folks, along with the career’s rewards and dangers.

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An inside look up the inside of a building, with four floors and a dinosaur skeleton visible.
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