Lincoln Gordon

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Abraham Lincoln Gordon (born 1913) was a United States Ambassador to Brazil and the 9th President of the Johns Hopkins University. He studied at Oxford University and Harvard University.

He had a career in the administration and as a professor. He was Professor of International Economic Relations at Harvard University in the 1950s, before turning his attention to foreign affairs. He was Director of the Marshall Plan Mission and Minister for Economic Affairs, at the American embassy in London (1952-55) and was Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (1966-68) in Washington DC.

He served as U.S. Ambassador to Brazil (1961-66) before becoming president of the Johns Hopkins University between 1967 and 1971. He was afterwards scholar at the Brookings Institution, Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and director at the Atlantic Council of the United States

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by John M. Cabot	United States Ambassador to Brazil 19 October 1961–25 February 1966	Succeeded by John W. Tuthill
Academic offices
Preceded by Milton S. Eisenhower	President of the Johns Hopkins University July 1967 – March 1971	Succeeded by Milton S. Eisenhower