{"id":267,"date":"2023-01-17T14:21:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T19:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sustainability-social-justice\/alumni-profile-benjamin-gowdy-chase-ma-22\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T08:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T12:09:00","slug":"alumni-profile-benjamin-gowdy-chase-ma-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sustainability-social-justice\/alumni-profile-benjamin-gowdy-chase-ma-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Profile: Benjamin Gowdy-Chase M.A. \u201922"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1478\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1478\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1478 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/schools\/idce\/www-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/315\/2023\/01\/bengowdychase_horiz-300x194.png\" alt=\"Ben Goudy Chase\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benjamin Gowdy-Chase M.A. \u201922<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Congratulations to Benjamin Gowdy-Chase M.A. \u201922, on his new position as a Foreign Service Officer (FSO) for the U.S. State Department. 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