Kenneth W. Thompson
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Kenneth W. Thompson (born August 29, 1921 in Des Moines, Iowa) is an American academic and author known for his contributions to normative theory in international relations. In 1978 he became director of the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. He retired as director in 1998, but continued to head its Forum Program until 2004.
Thompson received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (1950) and taught there and at Northwestern University (1949-55). He resumed teaching at the University of Virginia in 1975. Between 1955 aand 1975, he worked in the area of institutional philanthropy, becoming Vice President for International Programs at the Rockefeller Foundation.
He helped to organize eight national commissions on topics ranging from presidential disability to the selection of federal judges.
