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    680 Park Avenue
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    The Spy Who Came from the Cold! The Canadian Ambassador Who Rescued the Americans in the Iranian Hostage Crisis

    AS/COA hosted a discussion with Ambassador Kenneth Taylor, former Canadian ambassador to Iran, on the events of the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.

     

     

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    680 Park Avenue
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    A scene from the 2012 movie, Argo. (Image: Ali Poyrazoglu)

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    Kenneth D. Taylor
    Former Ambassador, Canada

    Ambassador Kenneth D. Taylor joined the Canadian Foreign Service in 1959. His assignments included Guatemala, Detroit, Pakistan, London, Ottawa, Tehran, and New York. He resigned from the diplomatic service in 1984 to join Nabisco Brands/RJR Nabisco as senior vice president...

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    Dr. Patricia E. Taylor
    Chair, Women’s International Advisory Council of International House

    Dr. Patricia E. Taylor is the wife of Kenneth Taylor, former Canadian ambassador to Iran. She has accompanied her husband on his various foreign service postings in Guatemala City, Detroit, Karachi, London, Tehran, and New York City, and she has worked at research institutions in...

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    Pamela Wallin
    Senator, Canada

    Pamela Wallin O.C., S.O.M., was appointed to the Senate of Canada on December 22, 2008. She is chair of the Senate's National Security and Defence Committee, and also serves on the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Committee. She has been honorary colonel of the Royal...

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