Lange Schermerhorn (born September 1939) was sworn in as United States Ambassador to Djibouti on December 11, 1997. She served until November 2000. She was named to the board of WorldWater Corp., a water management and solar engineering company in 2001. Born and raised in Florham Park, New Jersey, Schermerhorn graduated from Madison High School in 1957. She received her bachelor's degree in history and international relations from

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in 1961, is a 1982 graduate of the

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, National Defense University at

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; and she obtained a certificate in Economics from the

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in 1974.

Publications

''Doing Social Work in Southeast Asia'', The Foreign Service Journal April 2015

References

1939 births Living people Ambassadors of the United States to Djibouti Madison High School (New Jersey) alumni Mount Holyoke College alumni National War College alumni People from Florham Park, New Jersey 20th-century American diplomats {{US-diplomat-stub