Richard Goodwin Capen Jr.

Richard Goodwin Capen Jr. (born 1934) is an American businessman and former United States Ambassador to Spain from 1992 to 1993.[1]

Richard Goodwin Capen Jr.
United States Ambassador to Spain
In office
July 8, 1992 – February 17, 1993
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byJoseph Zappala
Succeeded byRichard N. Gardner
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs
In office
January 5, 1970 – May 1, 1971
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byJack L. Stempler
Succeeded byRady A. Johnson
Personal details
Born1934
Alma materColumbia College

Biography

Capen graduated from Columbia College in 1956 on a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps scholarship and served in the U.S. Navy after college from 1956 to 1959.[2][3] He served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs from 1970 to 1971 responding to Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird.[4] He is a recipient of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal in 1971.[5]

Before being nominated for ambassadorship, he was vice chairman of the second largest domestic newspaper publisher Knight Ridder from 1989 to 1991 and chairman and publisher of The Miami Herald from 1983 to 1989.[2][6] Under Capen's stewardship, the newspaper won five Pulitzer Prizes.[7] He also served as the vice president of Copley Newspapers.[8]

In 1984, he received the John Jay Award from Columbia College for distinguished professional achievement, along with college alumni, conductor Emerson Buckley, ambassador Luis J. Lauredo, and dean of Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine Emanuel Papper.[9]

Capen served on the board of Carnival Corporation & plc for 16 years before stepping down in 2010.[10]

References
  1. "Richard Goodwin Capen Jr. - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Archived from the original on 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  2. "Nomination of Richard Goodwin Capen, Jr., To Be United States Ambassador to Spain | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  3. "Letters to the Editor". Columbia College Today. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  4. "Department of Defense Key Officials, September 1947 - December 2017" (PDF). Department of Defense. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  5. "Box 63, folder "Transition, 1974 - Presidential Meetings (2)" of the Philip Buchen Files" (PDF). Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  6. "Richard G. Capen Jr., senior vice president of Knight-Ridder..." UPI. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  7. "PUBLISHER SAYS THE MIAMI HERALD WAS MORALLY OBLIGATED TO PUBLISH HART STORY". Deseret News. 1988-09-23. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  8. "Former La Jollan Expected to Be Named Envoy to Spain". Los Angeles Times. 1992-04-02. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  9. "John Jay Awards". Columbia College Alumni Association. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  10. "Retired navy admiral joins Carnival Corp.'s board: Travel Weekly". www.travelweekly.com. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
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