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AFRICAN-AMERICAN AMBASSADORS 

By Year of Appointment

 

1949 

Edward R. Dudley

Liberia

1953 

Jessie D. Locker

Liberia

1955 

Richard L. Jones

Liberia

1959 

John Howard Morrow

Guinea

1961 

Clifton R. Wharton* 

Norway

Mercer Cook 

Niger

1963  

Carl T. Rowan

Finland

1964  

Mercer Cook 

Senegal

Clinton E. Knox 

Dahomey

1965  

Mercer Cook  The Gambia

Patricia Roberts Harris  Luxembourg

Hugh H. Smythe  Syrian Arab Republic

Franklin H. Williams  Ghana

1966  

Elliot P. Skinner 

Upper Volta

1967  

Hugh H. Smythe  Malta

1968  

Samuel C. Adams  Niger

1969  

Clinton E. Knox*  Haiti

Terence A. Todman*  Chad

Samuel Z. Westerfield*  Liberia

1970 

Jerome Heartwell Holland  Sweden

Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr.  Uganda

1971 

Charles J. Nelson Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland

John E. Reinhardt**  Nigeria

1972  

W. Beverly Carter***  Tanzania

Terence A. Todman*  Guinea

1973  

O. Rudolph Aggrey**  Senegal and The Gambia

1974  

David B. Bolen  Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland

Theodore R. Britten, Jr.  Barbados and Grenada

Terence A. Todman*  Costa Rica

1976  

W. Beverly Carter**  Liberia

Ronald D. Palmer*  Togo

Charles A. James***  Niger

1977  

Andrew Young  USUN/ New York

Wilbert J. LeMelle  Kenya

Ulrich Haynes  Algeria

Mabel M. Smythe  Cameroon

Richard K. Fox, Jr.*  Trinidad and Tobago

William B. Jones* 

Haiti

Maurice D. Bean*  Burma

O. Rudolph Aggrey***  Romania

1978  

Terence A. Todman*  Spain

1979  

Donald F. McHenry  USUN/ New York

Horace G. Dawson**  Botswana

Anne F. Holloway Mali

1980  

Walter C. Carrington Senegal

Barbara M. Watson   Malaysia

1981 

John A. Burroughs, Jr. *   Malawi

Ronald D. Palmer*   Malaysia

Melvin H. Evans     Trinidad and Tobago

Gerald E. Thomas   Guyana

1982 

Howard K. Walker*     Togo

1983 

Arthur W. Lewis**     Sierra Leone

Terence A. Todman*   Denmark

Gerald E. Thomas  Kenya

George E. Moose*     Benin

1985 

Edward J. Perkins*   Liberia

Irvin Hicks*   Seychelles

1986 

Ronald D. Palmer*   Mauritius

Cynthia Shepard Perry   Sierra Leone

Edward J. Perkins*     South Africa

1988  

George E. Moose*   Senegal

1989  

Cynthia Shepard Perry  Burundi

Stephen J. Rhodes  Zimbabwe

Terence A. Todman*  Argentina

Howard K. Walker*  Madagascar

Ruth V. Washington*****  The Gambia

Johnny Young*  Sierra Leone

1990 

Aurelia Erskine Brazeal*  Micronesia

Arlene Render*  The Gambia

Leonard O. Spearman, Sr.  Lesotho

1991 

Charles R. Baquet, III*  Djibouti

Johnnie Carson*  Uganda

1992 

Ruth A. Davis*  Benin

Kenton Wesley Keith**  Qatar

Edward J. Perkins*  USUN/ New York

Joseph Monroe Segars*  Cape Verde

1993 

Aurelia Erskine Brazeal*  Kenya

Walter C. Carrington  Nigeria

Edward J. Perkins*  Australia

Leslie M. Alexander*  Mauritius

Howard F. Jeter*  Botswana

1994 

Sidney Williams  Bahamas

Irvin Hicks*  Ethiopia

Johnny Young*  Togo

Carl B. Stokes  Seychelles

Jerome Gary Cooper  Jamaica

1995 

Johnnie Carson*  Zimbabwe

Bismark Myrick*  Lesotho

Mosina H. Jordan***  Central African Republic

James A. Joseph  South Africa

1996 

Leslie M. Alexander*  Ecuador

John F. Hicks, Sr.***  Eritrea

Arlene Render*  Zambia

Sharon P. Wilkinson*  Burkina Faso

1997 

Betty Eileen King  US Rep. ECOSOC/UN

George E. Moose*  USUN Geneva

Johnny Young*  Bahrain

1998 

Shirley E. Barnes*  Madagascar

William D. Clarke*  Eritrea

George Williford Boyce Haley  The Gambia

Elizabeth McKune*  Qatar

Robert C. Perry*  Central African Republic

George McDade Staples*  Rwanda

Charles R. Stith  Tanzania

1999 

Johnnie Carson*  Kenya

Harriet L. Elam-Thomas*  Senegal

Gregory L. Johnson*  Swaziland

Delano Eugene Lewis, Sr.  South Africa

Carol Moseley-Braun  New Zealand

Bismark Myrick*  Liberia

Sylvia Gaye Stanfield*  Brunei Darussalam

Diane E. Watson  Micronesia

2000 

Howard F. Jeter*  Nigeria

Pamela E. Bridgewater*  Benin

Sharon P. Wilkinson*  Mozambique

2001 

George McDade Staples*   Cameroon/Equatorial Guinea

Johnny Young*  Slovenia

Roy L. Austin  Trinidad and Tobago

Arlene Render*  Cote d’Ivoire

Mattie R. Sharpless*  Central African Republic

Wanda L. Nesbitt*  Madagascar

2002 

James David McGee*  Swaziland

Larry L. Palmer*  Honduras

Richard Lewis Baltimore*  Oman

Joseph Huggins*  Botswana

James I. Gadsden*  Iceland

Aurelia Erskine Brazeal*  Ethiopia

Robin Renee Sanders*  Congo

Charles Aaron Ray*  Cambodia

Gail Denise Mathieu*  Níger

2003 

Harry K. Thomas, Jr.*  Bangladesh

Roland W. Bullen*  Guyana

2004 

Margarita Ragsdale*  Djibouti

June Carter Perry*  Lesotho

Joyce A. Barr*  Namibia

James D. McGee*  Madagascar

Jendayi E. Frazer  South Africa

2005 

Pamela E. Bridgewater*  Ghana

Roger D. Pierce*  Cape Verde

2006 

Bernadette Allen*  Niger

Eric M. Bost  South Africa

Gayleatha B. Brown*  Benin

Cindy L. Courville  African Union

Clyde Bishop*  Marshall Islands

2007 

Wanda L. Nesbitt*  Cote d’Ivoire

Maurice S. Parker*  Swaziland

June Carter Perry*  Sierra Leone
John L. Withers*  Albania, Zimbabwe
Eunice S. Reddick*  Republic of Gabon, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
Robin R. Sanders*  Nigeria
Barry L. Wells****  The Gambia
2008  Marcia S. Bernicat*  Senegal and Guinea Bissau
John Jones*  Guyana
Linda Thomas-Greenfield*  Liberia
C. Steven McGann*  Fiji
2009  Susan Rice  USUN/ New York
Gayleatha Brown*  Burkina Faso
Charles Aaron Ray*  Zimbabwe
Teddy B. Taylor*  Papua New Guinea
Mary Jo Wills*  Mauritius
Nicole Avant  Bahamas
2010  Ertharin Cousins  USUN/Rome
Michael Battle  African Union
Alfonso Lenhardt  Tanzania
William Kennard  European Union
Betty Eileen King  USUN/ Geneva
Harry K. Thomas, Jr.*  Philippines
Beatrice Welters  Trinidad and Tobago
Bisa Williams*  Niger
Helen Reed-Rowe*  Palau
Pamela Bridgewater*  Jamaica
2011  Pamela Spratlen*  Republic of Kyrgyzstan
Sue K. Brown*  Montenegro
Frankie Reed*  Fiji
Adrienne S. O’Neal*  Cape Verde
Susan Page  South Sudan
2012  Larry Palmer*  Barbados, St. Kitts, St. Nevis
Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley*  Malta
Makila James*  Swaziland
2013  Tuli Mushingi*  Burkina Faso
Patrick Gaspard  South Africa
Reuben E. Brigety, II  African Union
2014  Dwight L. Bush, Sr.  Morocco
Robert Wood*  International Atomic Energy Agency
Michael Lawson  International Civil Aviation Organization
Brian Nichols*  Peru
Eunice Reddick*  Niger
Todd Robinson*  Guatemala
Cynthia H. Akuetteh*  Republic of Gabon, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
2015  Pamela Spratlen*  Uzbekistan
Marcia Bernicat*  Bangladesh

 

*Career Foreign Service Officer

**Career Foreign Service Information Officer
***Career Foreign Service AID Officer
****Career Civil Service Officer
*****Killed in automobile accident in route to post

 

 

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