<p>Jim Leach, a former Republican Congressman from Iowa, will join the faculty of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Leach will have a three-semester appointment through June 2008 as the John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs and Co. Visiting Professor of Public and International Affairs, beginning in February.</p>
<p>A career public servant and a Princeton graduate, Leach served for 15 terms in the U.S. Congress representing eastern Iowa, from 1977 to 2007. During the spring 2007 semester he will teach a graduate course, "The Intersection of Chinese and U.S. Foreign Policy," drawing upon his experience as chairman of the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the House Committee on International Relations from 1995 to 2001.</p>
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<p>In addition to being a Princeton alum ('64, cum laude), Leach has also served as a trustee to the University.</p>
<p>Such a strong connection with Princeton may very well have made the difference in his choice to come here over the other highly prestigious positions he was offered.</p>
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Leach said he'll likely land in academia. He acknowledged a string of offers from the University of Iowa and other colleges in the state as well as such prestigious East Coast schools as Harvard, Princeton and Georgetown.
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