Kennedy III, Moorhead "Mike" Cowell

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Mike’s family has been coming to Mount Desert Island since 1877. During the winter of 1899-1900 the family’s summer home, Chiltern, was built in Bar Harbor. After Mike's retirement he and his wife Louisa built a home in 1997 at 13 Prays Meadow Road in Somesville, ME, and moved to Mount Desert Island. They named the new house Chiltern after Mike's family's Bar Harbor summer home. Mike continued his lecturing as an instructor at Acadia Senior College and was also active in various island-based nonprofits, such as Mount Desert Island Historical Society and Northeast Harbor Library.

Birth Date

11/05/1930

Birthplace

New York / Manhattan (Borough of City of New York), New York County, NY

Death Date

05/24/2024

Marriage Date/Date Range

06/08/1955

Marriage2 Date/Date Range

07/1995

Children

Kennedy IV, Moorhead "Mark" Cowell
Kennedy, Andrew
Kennedy, Duncan
Kennedy, Philip

Notable Education

Degree in Oriental Studies from Princeton University, 1952, Graduating Magna Cum Laude.
Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School ,1958
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Pittsburg
Honorary Doctorate from Middlebury College

Occupation

1961-1962 Foreign Service Officer, Department of State, U.S. Legation Taiz, Yemen
1962-1965 Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Embassy, Athens, Greece
1965-1969 Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Embassy, Beirut Lebanon
1971-1974 Director of Office of Investment Affairs, Department of State
1975-1978 Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Embassy, Santiago Chile
1979-1981 Economic Counsellor/ Hostage, U.S. Embassy, Tehran, Iran
1991-1983 Executive Director, Cathedral Peace Institute, New York City
1983-1990 Director, Council for International Understanding
1990-1997 Director, Moorhead Kennedy Institute
1998-2015 Visiting lecturer, Instructor at Acadia Senior College