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BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia, will receive an honorary degree from Montana State University during fall commencement Dec. 12.
McFaul, who was raised in Glasgow, Butte and Bozeman, served as ambassador under President Barack Obama from 2012 until February 2014 during a critical point in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
He earned a scholarship to Stanford University, where he received his bachelor's degree in international relations and Slavic languages and his master's degree in East European studies. McFaul received a Ph.D. in international relations from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar and served for three years as special assistant to Obama and senior director for Russian and Eurasian affairs for the National Security Council.
MSU President Waded Cruzado says McFaul "has distinguished Montana's reputation during his remarkable academic and diplomatic career."
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