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John Thomas McCarthy
John Thomas McCarthy (born December 27, 1939) was the United States Ambassador to Lebanon and Tunisia. McCarthy holds degrees from Manhattan College and Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le .... Prior to his appointment as ambassador, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. References 1939 births Ambassadors of the United States to Tunisia Ambassadors of the United States to Lebanon Manhattan College alumni Harvard University alumni Living people 20th-century American diplomats {{US-diplomat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan College
Manhattan College is a private, Catholic, liberal arts university in the Bronx, New York City. Originally established in 1853 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Christian Brothers) as an academy for day students, it was later incorporated as an institution of higher education through a charter granted by the New York State Board of Regents. In 1922, it moved from Manhattan to the Riverdale section of the Bronx, roughly north of its original location on 131st Street in Manhattanville. Manhattan College offers undergraduate programs in the arts, business, education, health, engineering, and science. Graduate programs are offered for education, business, science, and engineering. History Manhattan College was founded as the Academy of the Holy Infancy in 1853 by five French De La Salle Christian Brothers in a small building on Canal Street. When the need to expand forced them from Lower Manhattan, the college moved to 131st Street and Broadway, in the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and one of the most prestigious and highly ranked universities in the world. The university is composed of ten academic faculties plus Harvard Radcliffe Institute. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences offers study in a wide range of undergraduate and graduate academic disciplines, and other faculties offer only graduate degrees, including professional degrees. Harvard has three main campuses: the Cambridge campus centered on Harvard Yard; an adjoining campus immediately across Charles River in the Allston neighborhood of Boston; and the medical campus in Boston's Longwood Medical Area. Harvard's endowment is valued at $50.9 billion, making it the wealthiest academic institution in the world. Endowment inco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Ambassador To Lebanon
This is a list of ambassadors of the United States and other Heads of Mission to Lebanon. * George Wadsworth (1942–1947) – Consul General, later promoted to Envoy. Also was head of mission to Syria but resident in Beirut. * Lowell C. Pinkerton (1946–1951) – Envoy * Harold B. Minor (1951–1953) – Envoy, promoted to first ambassador. * Raymond A. Hare (1953–1954) * Donald R. Heath (1955–1958) * Robert McClintock (1958–1961) * Armin H. Meyer (1961–1965) * Dwight J. Porter (1965–1970) * William B. Buffum (1970–1974) * G. McMurtrie Godley (1974–1976) * Francis E. Meloy, Jr. (1976) – Assassinated prior to presenting credentials. * Richard B. Parker (1977–1978) * John Gunther Dean (1978–1981) * Robert Sherwood Dillon (1981–1983) * Reginald Bartholomew (1983–1986) * John Hubert Kelly (1986–1988) On September 6, 1989, all United States personnel were withdrawn from Beirut during unrest resulting from there being no clear successor to Presid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Ambassador To Tunisia
The following is a list of United States ambassadors to Tunisia. History: US Consul in Tunis * 1795–1796: Joseph Donaldson Jr. (Consul in Algiers) * 1795–1797: Samuel D. Heap (acting consul) * 1796–1797: Joseph Étienne Famin (French, Special Diplomatic Agent) ** 1797–1797: William Eaton (Treaty Negotiator) ** 1797–1797: Samuel D. Heap (Treaty Negotiator) * 1797–1803: William Eaton (Consul) ** 1798–1798: James Leander Cathcart (Treaty Negotiator) ** 1798–1798: Richard O'brien (Special Negotiator) * 1803–1803: James Leander Cathcart (Consul) * 1813–1815: Mordecai Manuel Noah * 1815–1819: Thomas D. Anderson * 1819–1824: Townsend Stith * 1824–1825: Charles D. (b) Coxe * 1825–1841: Samuel D. Heap * 1842–1845: John Howard Payne * 1851–1852: John Howard Payne * 1862 – ?: Amos Perry Ambassadors Notes See also * Tunisia – United States relations * Foreign relations of Tunisia * Ambassadors of the United States ReferencesUnited Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assistant Secretary Of State For Public Affairs
Assistant may refer to: * Assistant (by Speaktoit), a virtual assistant app for smartphones * Assistant (software), a software tool to assist in computer configuration * Google Assistant, a virtual assistant by Google * ''The Assistant'' (TV series), an MTV reality show * ST ''Assistant'', a British tugboat * HMS Assistant, a Royal Navy vessel See also * Apprenticeship * Assistant coach * Assistant district attorney * Assistant professor * Certified nursing assistant * Court of assistants * Graduate assistant * Office Assistant * Personal assistant * Personal digital assistant * Production assistant * Research assistant * Teaching assistant * Assistance (other) * Assist (other) Assist or ASSIST may refer to: Sports Several sports have a statistic known as an "assist", generally relating to action by a player leading to a score by another player on their team: * Assist (basketball), a pass by a player that facilitates a b ... * Aides (other) { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hubert Kelly
John Hubert Kelly (July 20, 1939 – September 15, 2011) was a United States diplomat. Biography John Hubert Kelly was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on July 20, 1939. He attended Emory University, receiving a B.A. in 1961. He spent 1962 through 1965 working as a teacher, first in Danville, Virginia, then in Niles, Michigan. Kelly entered the United States Foreign Service in 1965. His first posting was in Turkey, first in Adana, then in Ankara, where he worked from 1965 to 1967. He spent 1968 in Thai language instruction and was then posted to Songkhla from 1969 to 1971. He spent 1971–72 as a student at the Armed Forces Staff College. He spent 1972–73 working on political-military affairs in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. In 1973, he was detailed to the United States Department of Defense as an expert on Thailand, and then spent 1974 working in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. He spent 1975–76 as Special Assistant to Counselor of the United States D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Crocker
Ryan Clark Crocker (born June 19, 1949) is an American retired diplomat who served as a career ambassador within the United States Foreign Service and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He has served as United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (2011–2012), Iraq (2007–2009), Pakistan (2004–2007), Syria (1998–2001), Kuwait (1994– 1997), and Lebanon (1990–1993). In January 2010, he became Dean of Texas A&M University's George Bush School of Government and Public Service. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell called Crocker "one of our very best foreign service officers". President George W. Bush called him "America's Lawrence of Arabia" and noted that General David Petraeus had said that "it was a great honor for me to be his military wingman". Early life and education Crocker was born in Spokane, Washington. Growing up, he had family members in the U.S. Air Force and in Turkey. He lived in Morocco, Canada and Turkey. Crocker attended University College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pelletreau
Robert Halsey Pelletreau Jr. (born July 9, 1935) is an American former diplomat who was United States Ambassador to Bahrain (1979–1980), Tunisia (1987–1991), and Egypt (1991–1993), as well as the former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. He currently sits on the U.S. Advisory Council of the Israel Policy Forum. He is also a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Council on Foreign Relations. Early years Robert H. Pelletreau was born July 9, 1935, in Patchogue, New York. After graduating from Yale University (B.A., 1957), he served in the United States Navy Reserve from 1957 to 1958. Later he attended Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1961). Career Ambassador Robert H. Pelletreau entered the Foreign Service in 1962. From 1973 to 1975 Ambassador Pelletreau was a Political Officer in Algiers, Algeria; and served in several capacities in Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania and Morocco. He became Deputy Chief of Mission in Damascus, Syria in 1975. He remained in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ann Casey
Mary Ann Casey (born November 11, 1949) is an American retired diplomat who was a career Foreign Service Officer and U.S. Ambassador to Algeria (1991–1994) and Tunisia (1994–1997). Life and career Casey was born in Boulder, Colorado on November 11, 1949. She graduated with a degree in international relations from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1970, and spent most of her overseas career in northern Africa. Her first assignment was as vice consul and political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Morocco; her most recent overseas position was Ambassador to Tunisia. In between, she spent time as a Watch Officer in the State Department Operations Center, desk officer for Iraq, as a Hoover Institution National Fellow at Stanford, as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, and as the Ambassador to Algeria. Upon returning from Tunisia, Ambassador Casey became the State Department's "Diplomat in Residence" at the University of Colorado at Bou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 Births
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to work with Germans. *** The Youth Protection Act was passed on April 30, 1938 and the Working Hours Regulations came into effect. *** The Jews name change decree has gone into effect. ** The rest of the world *** In Spain, it becomes a duty of all young women under 25 to complete compulsory work service for one year. *** First edition of the Vienna New Year's Concert. *** The company of technology and manufacturing scientific instruments Hewlett-Packard, was founded in a garage in Palo Alto, California, by William (Bill) Hewlett and David Packard. This garage is now considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. *** Sydney, in Australia, records temperature of 45 ˚C, the highest record for the city. *** Philipp Etter took over as Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambassadors Of The United States To Tunisia
The following is a list of United States ambassadors to Tunisia. History: US Consul in Tunis * 1795–1796: Joseph Donaldson Jr. (Consul in Algiers) * 1795–1797: Samuel D. Heap (acting consul) * 1796–1797: Joseph Étienne Famin (French, Special Diplomatic Agent) ** 1797–1797: William Eaton (Treaty Negotiator) ** 1797–1797: Samuel D. Heap (Treaty Negotiator) * 1797–1803: William Eaton (Consul) ** 1798–1798: James Leander Cathcart (Treaty Negotiator) ** 1798–1798: Richard O'brien (Special Negotiator) * 1803–1803: James Leander Cathcart (Consul) * 1813–1815: Mordecai Manuel Noah * 1815–1819: Thomas D. Anderson * 1819–1824: Townsend Stith * 1824–1825: Charles D. (b) Coxe * 1825–1841: Samuel D. Heap * 1842–1845: John Howard Payne * 1851–1852: John Howard Payne * 1862 – ?: Amos Perry Ambassadors Notes See also * Tunisia – United States relations * Foreign relations of Tunisia *Ambassadors of the United States ReferencesUnited States D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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