Foreign Service Institute

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Located in Arlington, Virginia, the Foreign Service Institute is housed at the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center. It is the primary training facility for American Foreign Service Officers, replacing the Foreign Service School established in 1924.

The institute was founded on March 13, 1947 in compliance with the Foreign Service Act of 1946 passed by Congress. The Director of the Foreign Service Institute is equivalent in rank to an Assistant Secretary of State, and is appointed by the current Secretary of State.

[edit] List of directors

• William P. Maddox (1947–1949)
• Harry C. Hawkins (1950–1952)
• Norman Burns (1952–1953)
• Edward J. Bash (1954–1955) acting director
• Harold B. Hoskins (1955–1961)
• Carl W. Strom (1961–1962)
• George A. Morgan (1962–1965)
• George V. Allen (1966–1968)
• Parker T. Hart (1969–1969)
• Howard E. Sollenberger (1971–1976)
• George S. Springsteen, Jr. (1976–1980)
• Paul H. Boeker (1980–1982)
• Stephen Low (1982–1987)
• Charles W. Bray, 3d. (1987–1988)
• Brandon H. Grove, Jr. (1988-1992)
• Lawrence P. Taylor (1992–1995)
• Teresita Currie Schaffer (1995–1997)
• Ruth A. Davis (1997–2001)
• Katherine H. Peterson (2001–2005)

[edit] Courses

Online versions of courses developed by the FSI can be found:

• Main Site
• Chinese (Cantonese)
• Chinese (Mandarin)
• French Original
• French Revised
• German
• Greek
• Hebrew
• Portuguese
• Turkish

[edit] References

• Foreign Service Institute US State Department
• Directors of the Foreign Service Institute US State Department