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John H. Coatsworth ’63

John H. Coatsworth ’63 was appointed dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He had joined the Columbia faculty in 2006. He is the author or editor of seven books on the history of economic development and international relations of Latin America. Previously he served as the founding director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard?now the largest center of its kind in the world. A past president of the American Historical Association, he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and president-elect of the Latin American Studies Association. In 2005, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
John H. Coatsworth ’63 was appointed dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He had joined the Columbia faculty in 2006. He is the author or editor of seven books on the history of economic development and international relations of Latin America. Previously he served as the founding director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard?now the largest center of its kind in the world. A past president of the American Historical Association, he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and president-elect of the Latin American Studies Association. In 2005, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.