Background
Dodge came from a prominent American, closely involved with Lebanon for well over a century:
family has led AUB for generations. Born in Beirut in 1922, Mr. Dodge was the son of former AUB President Bayard Dodge, the grandson of former President Howard Bliss, and the great-grandson of Daniel Bliss, who founded AUB in 1866.
He was also the grandson of Cleveland H. Dodge, founder of the Near East Foundation.
He received his high school education at Deerfield Academy and BA at Princeton University (1945). For his masters, also at Princeton, he studied Arabic and Middle East Studies.
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