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Matthew Bogdanos
Colonel Bogdanos speaking at the Don Bosco Prep High School Commencement in 2006
Nickname	"pit bull"[1]
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Marine Corps
Years of service	1980-1988, 2001-2005 (active) 1988-2001, 2005-present (reserves)
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	Operation Desert Storm Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom
Awards	Bronze Star National Humanities Medal
Other work	Assistant D.A., author, boxer

Colonel Matthew Bogdanos (Ματθαίος Βογδάνος) is an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan (since 1988), author, and a colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserves. In 2003, while on active duty in Marine Corps, he led the investigation into the looting of Iraq's National Museum, and was subsequently awarded the National Humanities Medal for his efforts. He had previously gained national attention for the prosecution of Sean Combs, who was acquitted of weapons and bribery charges in a 2001 trial stemming from a 1999 nightclub shootout.

Biography

In Babylon in April 2003

Bogdanos is native New Yorker, who attended Don Bosco Preparatory High School and waited tables in his family’s Greek restaurant while growing up in lower Manhattan.

In November 2005, he was awarded a National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush. ^[2][3] Has also received the 2004 Public Service Award from the Hellenic Lawyers of America, the 2006 Distinguished Leadership Award from the Washington DC Historical Society, and a 2007 Proclamation from the City of New York.^[4] Released back into the Marine Reserves in October 2005, he returned to the District Attorney’s Office, and continues the hunt for stolen antiquities.^[5] A former middleweight boxer with a record of 23-3, he still boxes for the New York City Police Department’s Widows and Children’s Fund.^[6]

Receiving National Humanities Medal in 2005

Publications

• "Joint Interagency Coordination Groups: The First Step" (PDF). Joint Force Quarterly. March 2005. http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/jfq_pubs/0437.pdf. 

• "Casualties of War: Truth and the Iraq Museum". American Journal of Archaeology. April 2005. 

• Thieves of Baghdad is his first-hand account of his journey to recover Iraq’s lost treasures. His royalties from the sale of the book go to the Iraq Museum.

Bogdanos, Matthew; William Patrick (2005). Thieves of Baghdad: One Marine’s Passion for Ancient Civilizations and the Journey to Recover the World’s Greatest Stolen Treasures. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 1582346453. 

• "The Terrorist in the Art Gallery (Op-Ed)". New York Times. December 10, 2005. http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/11/opinion/edbogdanos.php. 

• "Interagency Operations: The Marine Specialty of this Century". Marine Corps Gazette. March 2006. 

• "Fighting for Iraq’s Culture (Op-Ed)". New York Times. March 6, 2007. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/06/opinion/edbogdanos.php. 

Awards

See also

United States Marine Corps portal

• National Museum of Iraq

Notes

References

• Renée Montagne. National Public Radio interview. "Chasing Down History and the 'Thieves of Baghdad". http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5024219. 

• Bruce Cole. Interview by the Director of the National Endowment for the Humanities. "Treasure Hunting in Baghdad - A Conversation with Matthew Bogdanos". http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2006-09/TreasureInBaghdad.html. 

• Hobson, Katherine. US News & World Report. "P.S. Do you have the Ark?". http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/041011/11bodganos.peo.htm. 

• "Starred Review: Thieves of Baghdad". Publishers Weekly. April 2003. http://12.196.152.78:8000/kcweb/kcContent?isbn=9781582346458&type=review&controlnumber=fxd00004659&referedby=titlelist. Retrieved 2007-12-19.  Book review with short author profile.

• Kennicott, Philip (January 22, 2006). "Book World: Thieves of Baghdad". Washington Post. 

• Rose, Mark (January/February 2004). "Conversations: Building Trust in Iraq". Archaeology 57 (1). http://www.archaeology.org/0401/etc/conversations.html. Retrieved 2007-12-19. "A Manhattan D.A. recalls his investigation of the Baghdad museum looting". 

• Zavis, Alexandra (Associated Press) (May 12, 2003). "Profile: Matthew Bogdanos". Guardian Unlimited. "An eclectic colonel who once prosecuted P Diddy - and lost - is now hunting down Iraq's lost antiquities" 

External links

• Bogdanos, Matthew. Interview with Allan Wolper. Matthew Bogdanos. Conversations with Allan Wolper. WBGO. June 17, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-07-27.
• Bogdanos, Matthew. Interview with Jeffrey Brown. Recovering History. NewsHour. PBS. October 1, 2003. Retrieved on 2007-12-19.
• Bogdanos, Matthew. Interview with Renée Montagne. Chasing Down History and the 'Thieves of Baghdad'. Morning Edition. NPR. December 9, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-12-19.
• Gugliotta, Guy (November 8, 2005). "Looted Iraqi Relics Slow To Surface:Some Famous Pieces Unlikely to Reappear". Washington Post: p. A01. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/07/AR2005110701479.html. Retrieved 2007-12-19. 
• Swain, Jon (November 25, 2007). "Reopening of looted museum signals a calmer Baghdad". The Sunday Times (UK). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article2937102.ece. Retrieved 2007-12-19.