Fellows in Residence
Stevenson McIlvaine
Woodrow Wilson Fellow in Residence
former Foreign Service officer
McIlvaine is a former Foreign Service officer with more than 20 years of experience in Africa. He visited the Furman campus from November 10-14, 2003. On Wednesday, November 12th at 8 pm, he delivered an address, “U.S. Foreign Policy at the Brink: Should the U.S. Intervene?” in Hartness Pavilion. Also, while on campus, he discussed and advised many students about careers in the Foreign Service.
As a member of the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service, McIlvaine has served as Congressional Liaison for the Africa Bureau, Deputy Director of West Africa Affairs, and Charge and Deputy Chief of Mission in Lusaka, Zambia. He has also held important positions in Somalia and Zaire. He first entered the Foreign Service in 1967 as an advisor for the CORDS program in South Vietnam, working for 18 months in the Mekong Delta and Saigon. McIlvaine, a Harvard University graduate, retired from the Foreign Service in 2003 and was awarded The Secretary’s Career Achievement Award. He has also received Meritorious Honor awards from the Economic Bureau and the Legislative Affairs Bureau, and the Superior Honor Award from the Africa Bureau.