Moorhead Kennedy(1930-2024)
In 1979 he was the U.S. Embassy's third-ranking diplomat in Tehran, Iran when he was taken hostage with dozens of other Americans and held captive for 444 days by Islamic revolutionaries.
He received a bachelor's degree in Oriental studies from Princeton University, became more interested in the Middle East while assisting on an archaeological dig in Iran, and served in the Army in West Germany. After graduating from Harvard Law School with a specialty in Islamic law, he joined the Foreign Service, and was posted to Yemen, Greece, Lebanon and Chile.
He received a bachelor's degree in Oriental studies from Princeton University, became more interested in the Middle East while assisting on an archaeological dig in Iran, and served in the Army in West Germany. After graduating from Harvard Law School with a specialty in Islamic law, he joined the Foreign Service, and was posted to Yemen, Greece, Lebanon and Chile.