Joseph Duffey

Joseph Duffey
Duffey c. 1997
14th Director of the United States Information Agency
In office 1993–1999
President	Bill Clinton
Succeeded by	Position abolished
12th President of American University
In office 1991–1994
Preceded by	Richard E. Berendzen
Succeeded by	Benjamin Ladner
President of the University of Massachusetts
In office 1990–1991
Preceded by	Loren Baritz (interim)
Succeeded by	Richard D. O'Brien
Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst
In office 1982–1991
Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities
In office 1977–1981
President	Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Robert Kingston (acting)
Succeeded by	William Bennett
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
In office 1977–1978
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	John Richardson Jr.
Succeeded by	Alice Stone Ilchman
Personal details
Born	Joseph Daniel Duffey (1932-07-01)July 1, 1932 Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.
Died	February 25, 2021(2021-02-25) (aged 88) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Spouses	Patricia Fortney ​ ​ (m. 1952, divorced)​ Anne Wexler ​ ​ (m. 1974; died 2009)​
Education	Marshall University (BA) Andover Theological School (BDiv) Yale University (MTh) Hartford Seminary (PhD)
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Joseph Daniel Duffey (July 1, 1932 – February 25, 2021) was an American academic, educator, anti-war activist and political appointee. He was the Democratic Party's candidate in the 1970 U.S. Senate election in Connecticut, losing to Republican Lowell Weicker. He later served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs; the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities; the director of the U.S. Information Agency; and the president or chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the University of Massachusetts system and American University.