His earlier assignments include: Chief of the Political Section at the American Institute in Taiwan; Deputy Political Counselor and Chief of the Political-Military Affairs Unit at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo; Deputy Head of the Political Section at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing; and Branch Chief of the American Institute in Taiwan's Kaohsiung Office. Consul General Donovan has also served at the U.S. Embassies in Seoul, ROK and Doha, Qatar.
Consul General Donovan has a Master's Degree in National Security Affairs from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California and a Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. Following his graduation from Georgetown, he spent two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Republic of Korea. Consul General Donovan was born and raised in Goshen, New York. Consul General Donovan and his spouse Mei Chou Wu Donovan have two sons, James and Matthew.
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