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Dr. Thomas E. Gouttierre ’62 is currently the dean of international studies and programs at the University of Nebraska’s Omaha
campus, which houses the Center for Afghanistan Studies, the only such center in the nation. Gouttierre grew up in Maumee,
Ohio, and worked in his family’s pastry shop while attending Bowling Green State University, where he graduated in 1962. BGSU
awarded him an honorary degree in May 2001.
Gouttierre, who lived in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, for 10 years and served as a Peace Corps volunteer, a Fulbright
Fellow and executive director of the Fulbright Foundation during his decade in Afghanistan. He also coached the Afghan national
basketball team.
Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Z. Carney, New York Times
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Click on the following links for news articles that appeared on Gouttierre in The Toledo Blade:
Noted Afghanistan authority grew up in Maumee
Maumee son is expert on Afghan issues
Native son shared insight on Afghanis
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