Wilkowski, Jean M.
After retiring from the Foreign Service in 1980, with 36 years of service, became a corporate director with interests in Third World development. She has received six honorary degrees and was the only woman to receive the DACOR Foreign Service Cup.
Abroad for Her Country: Tales of a Pioneer Woman Ambassador in the U.S. Foreign Service, published by the University of Notre Dame Press, is the 33rd volume in the ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Series. It is the life story of Jean Wilkowski, only the fourth female career diplomat to follow...