Roderic Ai Camp
U.S. Academic specialized in Mexican studies
Roderic Ai Camp (born 1945) is an American academic specialized in Mexican studies. He is a frequent consultant to international media including the BBC, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, and was once a contributing editor to Microsoft Encarta.
He has briefed several institutions, including the United States House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and at least five U.S. ambassadors to Mexico for the U.S. Department of State as well as the Department of Defense, War and Naval Colleges in the United States and in Mexico. Currently, he is the Philip McKenna Professor of the Pacific Rim at Claremont McKenna College, in California, United States.
He has also served as a consultant to major international media outlets and has received the Order of the Aztec Eagle, the highest distinction awarded by the Mexican government to a foreign national. He has interviewed eight Mexican Presidents serving from 1932 to 2012.
Biography
Camp was born in Colfax, Washington, to Ortho O. Camp, a small businessman, and Helen Camp, a counselor. He and his wife, librarian Emily Ellen Morse married October 1, 1966. They have two children: Christopher and Alexander.
Camp graduated with both a bachelor's degree (1963–66) and a master's degree in International Affairs (1966–67) from George Washington University and completed a doctorate degree in Comparative Politics and History at the University of Arizona (1967–70).
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