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Overview
Arnold Lewis Raphel was a U.S. diplomat and Hamilton College alumnus (class of 1964) who rose to become U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan. He died in the 1988 plane crash that also killed Pakistani President Muhammad Zia ul-Haq.
Relevance to Research
Raphel appears in the September 28, 1962 issue of the Spectator as president of the International Relations Club, where he announced an African Film Festival to be held the following week in the chemistry auditorium and organized an IRC meeting in Kirkland Hall. He is listed by full name in the 1964–65 course catalog as a graduating senior: “Arnold Lewis Raphel.”
Notes
The 1962 Spectator confirms him as an active student leader in his sophomore or junior year. The 1964–65 catalog confirms his graduation year.
Related Sources
- spec-1962-09-28_djvu.txt
- yhm-arc-pub-cat-1964-65_djvu.txt