Curtin Winsor Jr

Curtin Winsor was born in Philadelphia, PA on April 28, 1939.He received his B. A. (English Lit.) from Brown University in 1961. His Masters (MA) was received in 1964, in Latin American Area Studies and his Ph.D. degree was in International Studies from the School of International Service of American University, Washington, DC, in 1971. He entered the career US Foreign Service in February, 1967.His first assignment was to the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, where he did research on nuclear nonproliferation issues until 1970. He served at the Office of Congressional Relations at the Department of State through 1971, when he resigned from the career Foreign Service to take a Professional Staff position on Capitol Hill. Dr. Winsor became Special Assistant to Senator Bob Dole, the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, in June, 1971.He held this position until May 1973, when he moved to the private sector, as Manager for International Affairs at the Washington Office of the Chase Manhattan Bank. President Reagan subsequently asked Dr. Winsor to serve as US Ambassador to Costa Rica from 1983 to 1985. Amb. Winsor serves on the Board of the DynaMotive Corporation of Vancouver, BC. He also serves on the boards of not-for-profit institutions, including: The William H. Donner Foundation of New York (as President in 2003); The Donner Canadian Foundation of Toronto; The Atlas Foundation for Economic Research of Fairfax, VA; The American Council of Trustees and Alumni of Washington, DC; Africare, in Washington, DC and The Media Research Center of Alexandria, VA.