Ralph Leo "Skip" Boyce (born February 1, 1952) is an American

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and career

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with the

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Early life and education

Born in Washington, D.C., he obtained a B.A. from

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in 1974 and an M.P.A. from

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in 1976. Boyce entered the

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in 1976 and was assigned to

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as Staff Assistant to the Ambassador in September 1977. In September 1979 he was posted as commercial attaché in

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. In September 1981, he was assigned to

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as financial economist.

Career

From July 1984 to August 1988, Boyce served in the State Department, first as Special Assistant and then as Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of State, responsible for the foreign affairs budget. In August 1988, he was assigned to Embassy Bangkok, Thailand, as Political Counselor, where he served until August 1992, when he was transferred to Embassy Singapore as Deputy Chief of Mission. From June 1993 until September 1994, Boyce was ''Chargé d'Affaires a.i.'' in Singapore during the absence of an ambassador. In October 1994, he returned to Bangkok as Deputy Chief of Mission, where he served until August 1998. Boyce was Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asia and Pacific Affairs from August 1998 to July 2001. His area of responsibility included Southeast Asia,

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, and the

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. He served as

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from October 2001 to October 2004. Boyce was confirmed as the United States Ambassador to Thailand on June 25, 2004 and sworn in on December 15, 2004. His term ended on December 26, 2007. On February 12, 2008, the US aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing named Boyce as President of Boeing Southeast Asia. In 2010, Boyce as President of Boeing Southeast Asia was quoted in the Bangkok Post as saying Boeing had a 50:50 chance of winning a contract with Thai International to deliver 77 new aircraft to the company.http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/aviation/197945/up-to-77-boeing-jets-may-be-in-thai-cart In addition to

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, Boyce speaks Persian,

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, and Thai.

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United States Embassy in Bangkok
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Early life and education

Career

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