Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce
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| Established | 1959 |
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| Official name | The Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce |
| University | University of Kentucky |
| School type | Public |
| Director | Carey Cavanaugh |
| Location | Lexington, Kentucky |
| Enrollment | 75 graduate students |
| Website | www.PattersonSchool.uky.edu |
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The Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce is a graduate program devoted to the study of diplomacy, international affairs and commerce. The school is small and select, admitting only about 35 students a year to pursue full-time study toward a master’s degree. The Patterson School is part of the University of Kentucky located in Lexington, Kentucky.
[edit] History
The vision to establish the Patterson School was made concrete in 1922 by bequest of the will of James Kennedy Patterson, the first president of the University of Kentucky. After the Spanish-American War, Patterson saw a need for “the preparation of young men for the diplomatic and consular service of the United States,” and thus envisioned a program similar to ones being established at the time by John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Leland Stanford, and Ezra Cornell at other prestigious schools across the nation. He named the school after his only child, William Andrew Patterson, who died of illness as a young man.
The will established a trust fund from President Patterson’s estate, but the funds had to be invested for several decades until the annual yield would suffice to support the School. While the endowment was never large enough to fully fund President Patterson’s ambitious vision of a College of Diplomacy, it increased enough to launch the School with additional state funding in 1959.
For the first six years of its history, the School was under the directorship of Amry Vandenbosch, a political scientist and internationalist. There were three degree levels at this time – B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. After Vandenbosch’s retirement in 1965, the School employed several temporary directors. University President Otis A. Singletary decided upon his arrival in 1969 that the School should be revitalized. The School became focused on its M.A. track and redoubled its focus on international affairs. After an extensive search, Dr. Vincent Davis was appointed the new Director. Davis retooled the School dramatically and went on to direct it through three decades. He stepped down in 1993 and was replaced by Dr. John Stempel who served until 2003. Dr. Michael Desch was Director through June 2004 when he moved to a senior post at Texas A&M. Acting Directors served until former Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh was selected to head the program in 2006.
[edit] Program Structure
Degree
The 30-hour program culminates in a M.A. in Diplomacy and International Commerce with a major in one of the following areas:
- Diplomacy / International Relations
- International Trade / Commerce
- National / International Security
- IO / NGO / Economic development
- Intelligence
- International Politics
In addition, concurrent degree programs are offered with the University of Kentucky College of Law (Patterson MA/JD) and the Gatton College of Business and Economics (Patterson MA/MBA).
Faculty
The core professors of the Patterson School are:
- Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh, Director and professor of diplomacy and conflict resolution
- Karen Mingst, Lockwood Chair professor
- John Stempel, senior professor of international affairs
- George Herring, professor emeritis
- Evan Hillebrand
- Robert Farley
- Dag Ryen
- Clifford Tsuboi
- Harry Mason
In addition to classes taught by core faculty members, students in the program can draw upon graduate-level courses offered by the full range of University of Kentucky departments. Foremost among these are courses and seminars in the areas of law, finance, agricultural economics, marketing management, economics, history, political science, communications, sociology and geography.
