George Aldridge

George W. Aldridge ('84), Belton :: a doctoral student in comparative politics in the 1980s, is a U.S. Foreign Service officer who received his third Superior Honor Award in June from the U.S. Department of State. He also holds seven Meritorious Honor Awards. A U.S. diplomat for 26 years, he completed a two-year, unaccompanied assignment as senior economics and commercial officer in Sudan in September. In his final State Department assignment, he is serving as the director of the Middle East Partnership Initiative office in Beirut, Lebanon. He previously served overseas in Jamaica, Denmark, Ethiopia, Belize, Morocco, Kenya and Tunisia. He also worked in the U.S. as staff assistant in the Bureau of African Affairs and program officer for Palestinian refugees in the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration.