Charles Stuart Kennedy

**Charles **Stu**** "Stu" Kennedy, Jr (1928 - Janairu 2, 2022) Masanin tarihin baki ne na jami'an diflomasiyyar Amurka. Shi ne wanda ya kafa Shirin Tarihin Magana na Harkokin Waje a Kungiyar Nazarin diflomasiyya da Horarwa. Daga 1985 zuwa gaba ya gudanar da tarihin baki sama da dubu na jami'an diflomasiyyar Amurka da suka yi ritaya.

## Tarihin rayuwa
An haife shi a Birnin Chicago a 1928, Kennedy ya koma tare da mahaifiyarsa da 'yan uwansa biyu zuwa yankin Pasadena na California a farkon shekarun 1930, inda ya halarci jerin makarantun firamare na jama'a. Daga baya mahaifiyarsa ta kai shi Annapolis inda wani ɗan'uwa ya halarci Kwalejin Sojan Ruwa. Ya tafi Kent School a Connecticut, ya kammala a 1946 sannan ya tafi Kwalejin Williams inda ya sami digiri na girmamawa a tarihi. Bayan kammala karatunsa a 1950, Kennedy ya shiga rundunar sojin saman Amurka a matsayin mutum mai shiga tsakani a reshen leken asiri. Bayan karatun shekara guda na Rasha a Makarantar Harshen Sojoji a Monterey, California, ya yi aiki a Koriya a lokacin Yaƙin Koriya da Jamus. A ƙarshen shekaru huɗu da ya yi aiki ya yi karatu a Jami'ar Boston kuma ya sami MA a tarihi. Bayan ya dauki kuma ya wuce jarrabawar rubuce-rubuce na Ofishin Harkokin Waje a shekara ta 1954 ya ɗauki jarrabawar baki bayan ya bar Sojojin Sama kuma ya wuce wannan cikas kuma ya shiga Ofishin Harashen Waje a shekarar 1955.

## Ayyuka
A cikin shekaru 30 da ya yi a Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje Kennedy ya kasance jami'in kwastam wanda ke hulɗa da kariya ga 'yan ƙasar Amurka a ƙasashen waje, bayar da biza ga baƙi da kuma taimakawa ga karuwar jama'ar Amurkawa da ke ziyartar ƙasashen waje a Frankfurt, Jamus, Saudi Arabia, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, sannan a yankin yaƙi na Kudancin Vietnam a matsayin babban wakilin, sannan a Athens, Girka, Seoul, Koriya ta Kudu kuma a ƙarshe Naples, Italiya a matsayin babban mai zaman lafiya.

Kennedy ya yi ritaya daga Ofishin Harkokin Waje a 1985 kuma ya rubuta tarihin Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka wanda Greenwood Press ta buga a 1990. An buga wani bita a cikin 2015 kuma ya rufe shekaru har zuwa 1924. Da yake fahimtar cewa ba a san aikin jami'an diflomasiyyar Amurka ba, sai dai wasu manyan sunaye, kamar Benjamin Franklin, a cikin koyar da Tarihin Amurka, ya fara shirin tarihin baki, na farko a Jami'ar George Washington a 1985 sannan a Jami'an Georgetown. Wadannan kokarin ba su da kudi sosai kuma tarihin baki ba shi da goyon baya sosai har sai da aka kirkiro kungiyar Nazarin diflomasiyya da horo a shekarar 1986 ta ƙungiyar jami'an ma'aikatan kasashen waje da suka yi ritaya. Tun daga wannan lokacin Stu Kennedy ya kasance darektan Shirin Tarihin Harkokin Waje na Ƙungiyar. Ya gudanar da tarihin baki 1,000 na jami'an diflomasiyyar Amurka da suka yi ritaya wadanda ayyukansu suka fara daga shekarun 1920 zuwa yanzu. Wadannan tambayoyin hada-hadar da ke gudana game da awanni 10, musamman wadanda aka yi a cikin lokutan baya, kuma suna rufe ƙuruciya, ilimi, abubuwan da suka faru a waje da lokacin diflomasiyya da kuma hidima ga Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje. Dukkanin jami'an aiki da wadanda ba na aiki ba an rufe su. Ana samun matani na tambayoyin a shafin yanar gizon Library of Congress.

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