Philip C. Wilcox Jr. (born February 1, 1937, Denver, Colorado) is a retired diplomat who served as the Coordinator for Counterterrorism.[1][2] He was president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace until 2014.[3][4]

Philip C. Wilcox Jr.
Wilcox c. 1994
U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem
In office
1989–1991
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byMorris Draper
Succeeded byMolly Williamson
9th Coordinator for Counterterrorism
In office
March 24, 1995 – June 27, 1997
Preceded byPeter Burleigh
Succeeded byChristopher W.S. Ross
Personal details
Born (1937-02-01) February 1, 1937 (age 87)
Denver, Colorado

Wilcox graduated from Williams College with a B.A. in History in 1958 and an LL.B. from the Stanford Law School in 1961. He went on to teach in Sierra Leone before practicing law for three years in Denver with the firm of Holme, Roberts & Owen.[1]

He entered the Foreign Service in 1966 and retired in 1997. His last overseas assignment was as Chief of Mission and U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem.[1] Wilcox received the State Department's Meritorious, Superior, and Presidential Honor Awards and came out of retirement to serve on an accountability review board that investigated the terrorist bombing of the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, Kenya on August 7, 1998.[3]

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  1. ^ a b c "Philip C. Wilcox, Jr". The American Academy of Diplomacy. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "Philip C. Wilcox Jr. (1937–)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Philip Wilcox". Middle East Institute. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "PHILIP C. WILCOX, JR" (PDF). The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
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