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William Claiborne
Currently tutoring in: Changing America—and the World: Understanding Barack Obama’s agenda.
During a 32-year career in key foreign and national journalistic positions at The Washington Post, Bill lived and worked in four continents, covered a dozen wars and revolutions in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, and was National Desk staff writer and bureau chief for The Post, based in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, as well as in Washington.
As a foreign correspondent with The Washington Post, Bill was present at numerous milestones in world history, including the collapse of the monarchy in Iran, the birth of majority-rule democracy in South Africa, the rise and fall of Middle East peace and the political transformation of the African continent and the Indian subcontinent.
Over a 15-year period beginning in 1978, Bill and his family lived in Jerusalem, Israel; New Delhi, India; Johannesburg, South Africa, and Toronto, Canada.
In the United States, he covered several presidential elections and wrote about major events in American history, including the impeachment of President Bill Clinton and the near-impeachment of Richard Nixon. He traveled extensively in all 50 states covering stories ranging from New York City's near bankruptcy in the 1970s to earthquakes in California in 1994. Bill retired Sept. 6, 2001 and, with his wife, Alma, moved to Melbourne, in order to live closer to their daughter and grandchildren. The Claibornes became Australian citizens on Jan. 26, 2004. Bill began tutoring U3A courses in Hawthorn in 2003 and later at Melbourne City U3A when he and Alma moved to North Carlton.
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