Jack Matlock, front left, shown at the table with President Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and others during the Geneva Summit in November 1985.
Dr. Jack Matlock, former ambassador to the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia, will serve as Troy University’s Ambassador-in-Residence later this month, kicking off his visit with a presentation to the Alabama World Affairs Council on Jan. 23.
Matlock was originally scheduled to visit in September, but the trip was postponed due to travel issues following Hurricane…
Jack Matlock, front left, shown at the table with President Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and others during the Geneva Summit in November 1985.
Dr. Jack Matlock, former ambassador to the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia, will serve as Troy University’s Ambassador-in-Residence Sept. 12-15, meeting with students and providing two public presentations.
During his 35 years in the American Foreign Service (1956-1991), Matlock served as Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991, Special Assistant to the President for…