Kennedy III, Moorhead "Mike" Cowell

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Mike’s family has been coming to Mount Desert Island since 1877. During the winter of 1899-1900 the family’s summer home, Chiltern, was built in Bar Harbor. After Mike's retirement he and his wife Louisa built a home in 1997 at 13 Prays Meadow Road in Somesville, ME, and moved to Mount Desert Island. They named the new house Chiltern after Mike's family's Bar Harbor summer home. Mike continued his lecturing as an instructor at Acadia Senior College. Mike was also active in various island-based nonprofits, such as Mount Desert Island Historical Society and Northeast Harbor Library.

Birth Date

11/05/1930

Death Date

05/24/2024

Notable Education

Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School ,1958. Degree in Oriental Studies from Princeton University, 1952, Graduating Magna Cum Laude.

Occupation

1961-1962 Foreign Service Officer, Department of State, U.S. Legation Taiz, Yemen
1962-1965 Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Embassy, Athens, Greece
1965-1969 Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Embassy, Beirut Lebanon
1971-1974 Director of Office of Investment Affairs, Department of State
1975-1978 Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Embassy, Santiago Chile
1979-1981 Economic Counsellor/ Hostage, U.S. Embassy, Tehran, Iran
1991-1983 Executive Director, Cathedral Peace Institute, New York City
1983-1990 Director, Council for International Understanding
1990-? Director, Moorhead Kennedy Institute
?-2015 Visiting lecturer