U.S. Ambassador to India
“The United States and India: A Partnership for the 21st Century ”
Tuesday, October 2, 2007, 11:10 a.m.
Dr. David Mulford was nominated by President Bush to be the U.S. Ambassador to India on November 13, 2003, confirmed by the Senate on December 9 and officially sworn in on January 23, 2004. He is a 1959 graduate of Lawrence, which also awarded Mulford an honorary doctor of laws degrees in 1984. He was inducted into Lawrence’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.
Before his ambassadorship, Mulford served as Chairman International of the London-based banking firm Credit Suisse First Boston, where he was responsible for leading its worldwide, large-scale privatization business and other corporate and government advisory assignments.
Prior to joining Credit Suisse First Boston, Mulford served as Under Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for International Affairs from 1984- 92. As the senior international economic policy official at the Treasury, Mulford served under Secretaries Regan, Baker and Brady.
Mulford spent eight years (1966-74) as managing director and head of international finance at White, Weld & Co., Inc., with responsibility for coordinating efforts with Credit Suisse on international financial business. In 1974, he was appointed to the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), where he served as senior investment advisor until 1983, managing the investment of Saudi oil revenues and developing a comprehensive investment program for SAMA.
He has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Legion d'Honneur presented by the president of France, the Alexander Hamilton Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Secretary of the Treasury in recognition of extraordinary service and benefit to the Treasury Department and the nation, the Order of May for Merit from the president of Argentina, and The Officer's Cross of the Medal of Merit presented by the president of Poland.
Following his bachelor’s degree in economics from Lawrence, Mulford earned an M.A. in political science from Boston University and Ph.D. from Oxford University.