Samuel Rhea Gammon III (born January 22, 1924) is an American former diplomat who served as the

United States Ambassador to Mauritius United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...

under the

Carter Administration Jimmy Carter's tenure as the 39th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 1977, and ended on January 20, 1981. A Democrat from Georgia, Carter took office after defeating incumbent Republican President ...

. He also served as the Deputy Chief of Mission in Paris under ambassadors

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(1974–77) in France and Arthur Hartman (1977–81). He later resigned the ambassadorship, and was replaced by

Robert C. F. Gordon Robert Charles Frost Gordon (March 19, 1920 – June 12, 2001) was an American diplomat, appointed as U.S. Ambassador to Mauritius. He graduated with a B.A. in 1941 and an M.A. (1949) from the University of California at Berkeley. From 1941 ...

. On February 15, 2012, he endowed a gift of $200,000 to the Department of History at Texas A&M University. Gammon is a veteran of

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, serving in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946. In 2020, it was reported that Gammon, aged 96, had donated an estate gift to Texas A&M University's Department of History to honour the memory of his father.

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1924 births Living people Ambassadors of the United States to Mauritius People from Sherman, Texas United States Army personnel of World War II American expatriates in France 20th-century American diplomats {{US-diplomat-stub