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Papers of Donald E. Nuechterlein, 1983-1996, Accession #10798-b , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was given to the Library by Donald E. Nuechterlein of Charlottesville, Virginia, on January 4, 1996.

Biographical/Historical Information

Donald Edwin Nuechterlein received his degrees in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Michigan (B.A. 1948, M.A. 1949, and Ph.D. 1959); and, he served in the United States Navy, 1943-1946, and the United States Naval Reserve, 1948-1968. His distinguished career includes positions with prestigious agencies and universities: Department of State, Washington, D. C., 1952-1954; United States Information Agency, 1955-1963, in Reykjavik, Iceland, Washington, D. C., and Bangkok, Thailand; Department of Defense, Washington, D. C., 1964-1968; Federal Executive Institute, United States Office of Personnel Management, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1968-1988; Queen's University School of Business, Ontario, Canada, 1989, 1990, 1992, and 1993; and, the University of Kaiserslautern Business Administration Division, Germany, spring sessions 1991, 1993, 1994, and 1995. He also lectured at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business Administration during 1994 and 1995; and, in November 1995 made a presentation on Canada's constitutional crisis at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. Nuechterlein has also received several awards: Rockefeller Scholar, University of California, 1963-1964; Fulbright Lecturer, University College of Wales, 1976; Research Fellow, St. Antony's College, Oxford, 1982; and, Research Fellow, Australian National University, 1990. He has written seven books on American foreign policy and has contributed political commentaries to Virginia newspapers since 1980. Nuechterlein and his wife, Mildred, have four children.

Scope and Content Information

This collection of 64 items, 1983-1988 and 1992-1996, consists chiefly of newspaper columns written by Don Nuechterlein, along with letters to the editor, contributed primarily to The Roanoke Times & World-News Dispatch and the Richmond Times-Dispatch as well as the Daily Progress , the Washington Post , and the Saginaw News . Included are columns on President   Bill Clinton decisions, world affairs, and American foreign policy, including conflicts in Bosnia, Somalia, and Iraq; the Canadian national vote and the Canada-Quebec issue; the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) among Canada, Mexico, and the United States; the economic cold war with Japan and China; European leadership; Germany-United States relations; and the military occupation in Haiti.

There are also writings by Nuechterlein: an article, "U. S. National Interests and National Strategy: Are there parallels with U. S. International Corporate Interests?"; excerpts, "National Interests and National Strategy: The Need for Priority" reprinted from Understanding U. S. Strategy: A Reader ; an article, "The United States Should Reorder its Priorities in East Asia," in Naval War College Review , Autumn 1987; and, an article on the Federal Executive Institute, "FEI at Twenty: a Personal Retrospect," in The Bureaucrat , Spring 1988.

Correspondence chiefly concerns articles written by Nuechterlein for Virginia newspapers. Correspondents include newspaper personnel of the Richmond Times-Dispatch -- Edward Grimsley, Ross Mackenzie, and Ann Lloyd Merriman; educators--John Staige Davis, IV of the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center; Kenneth R. Garren, Vice President and Dean of Roanoke College; Martin (J. Havran) of the University of Virginia Corcoran Department of History; Paul M. Kattenburg of the University of South Carolina Institute of International Studies; and, Victor Jaake of Charlottesville, Virginia. A December 6, 1995 letter from Merriman includes an article by Nuechterlein, "Realities Cloud Clinton's Decision to Police the Balkans." There are also three letters from Nuechterlein, including a December 1995 Christmas letter relating news of the Nuechterlein family during the year and a January 12, 1996 letter to Ann L. S. Southwell of the Special Collections Department mentioning recent lectures and enclosing a summary of biographical information.