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Harriet Winsar Isom (born November 4, 1936) is an American retired diplomat. A career Foreign Service Officer, she served as the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to
Harriet Winsar Isom (born November 4, 1936) is an American retired diplomat. A career Foreign Service Officer, she served as the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
(August 1986 – August 1989) and Ambassador to Benin
Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north ...
(January 26, 1990 – November 14, 1992) and Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
(August 17, 1992 – January 15, 1996),
Isom was born in Heppner, Oregon
Heppner is a city in, and the county seat of, Morrow County, Oregon, United States. As of 2010, the population was 1,291. Heppner is part of the Pendleton-Hermiston Micropolitan Area. Heppner is named after Henry Heppner, a prominent Jewish-Ameri ...
on November 4, 1936. She graduated from Mills College
Mills College at Northeastern University is a private college in Oakland, California and part of Northeastern University's global university system. Mills College was founded as the Young Ladies Seminary in 1852 in Benicia, California; it was ...
(B.A., 1958) and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy is the graduate school of international affairs of Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts. The School is one of America's oldest graduate schools of international relations and is well-ranked in it ...
(M.A.L.D., 1960).
During Isom's tenure in Laos, an agreement was reached regarding US aide to Laos and Laos looking for Americans who had been missing since the Vietnam War.
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