Clare Selgin Wolfowitz

Clare Selgin Wolfowitz (born November 1945) is an expert on Indonesian anthropology. She currently works at the IRIS center at the University of Maryland, College Park in the Governance Institutions Group, primarily on its projects in Indonesia and with the Programs and Policy Coordination office of USAID. In 1968, she married Paul Wolfowitz, who became United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (2001–2005) and subsequently President of the World ... More

Clare Selgin Wolfowitz (born November 1945) is an expert on Indonesian anthropology. She currently works at the IRIS center at the University of Maryland, College Park in the Governance Institutions Group, primarily on its projects in Indonesia and with the Programs and Policy Coordination office of USAID. In 1968, she married Paul Wolfowitz, who became United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (2001–2005) and subsequently President of the World Bank Group. They had met while they were studying together at Cornell University in the mid-1960s. There are conflicting reports of their marital status. She is half sister to author, playwright, and illustrator Peter Selgin and economist George Selgin.

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