Introduction
Robert C. Good (1924 - September 16, 1984) was president of Denison University and the first US Ambassador to Zambia (March 1965 – January 1969).
Good graduated from Yale with a PhD and was the Administrator of International Student Seminars in Philadelphia in 1948. After his graduation from Yale, he taught international relations at the University of Denver from 1958 to 1961. He was also a Research Associate with the Washington Center of Foreign Policy Research at Johns Hopkins during this period. In September of 1961, Good joined the Foreign Service and worked as the Director of the Office of Research and Analysis for Africa in the until his appointment as ambassador to Zambia in 1965.
Death
Good served as president of Denison until he was diagnosed with a brain tumor in October 1983. He died at the University of Colorado Medical Center on September 16, 1984.