Bodde, William
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Personality
- View from the 19th floor, 1994:t.p. (William Bodde Jr.) p. 103 (Senior Advisor to the Pacific Basin Economic Council, U.S. Member Comm.; member of the Project ASPIRE Intl. Advisory Board; advisor to the Chairman of the APEC Eminent Persons Group; B.A. in Pol. Sc. and Hist. and Masters degree from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Intl. Studies; over 30 years as American diplomat in Asia, Europe, the Pacific Islands and Washington, D.C.; senior advisor to Presidents CArter, Reagan, and Bush; first Exec. Dir. of APEC; writer and lecturer on foreign affairs)
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William Bodde Jr. (November 27, 1931 – May 26, 2020) was an American diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands (1992 - 1995), Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Kiribati (1980 - 1981). He was a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor. He was also the first executive director of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), establishing the international secretariat for the organization in Singapore. He was active for over thirty years as an American diplomat and was a senior advisor to Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush. He was also an experienced writer and lecturer on foreign affairs. He is survived by his sons Peter William Bodde and Christopher Scott Bodde, four grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.
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