Curtis Warren Kamman | |
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United States Ambassador to Colombia | |
In office March 19, 1998 –August 15, 2000 | |
President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Myles Frechette |
Succeeded by | Anne W. Patterson |
United States Ambassador to Bolivia | |
In office November 16,1994 –November 26,1997 | |
President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Charles R. Bowers |
Succeeded by | Donna Hrinak |
United States Ambassador to Chile | |
In office January 14,1992 –October 21,1994 | |
President | George Bush Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Charles A. Gillespie Jr. |
Succeeded by | Gabriel Guerra-Mondragón |
Chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba | |
In office August 1985 –September 1987 | |
President | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | John Arthur Ferch |
Succeeded by | John J. Taylor |
Personal details | |
Born | Chicago,Illinois,U.S. | January 15,1939
Spouse | Mary Glasgow Curtis |
Children | 3 |
Education | Yale University |
Profession | Diplomat |
Curtis Warren Kamman (born January 15,1939) is an American former career diplomat.
Kamman graduated from Tucson High School and Yale University and entered the United States Foreign Service in 1960. [1] He served as United States Ambassador to Bolivia,Chile,and Colombia. [2] Kamman also served in various positions in the United States Department of State,including Director of East African Affairs,and in diplomatic assignments in Mexico,Hong Kong,Kenya,Cuba and the Soviet Union. [3] In 1991,he was sent by President George H. W. Bush to re-establish diplomatic relations with the newly independent nations of Latvia,Lithuania and Estonia. [4]
Kamman retired from the Foreign Service in 2000. After his retirement,Kamman taught diplomacy and U.S. foreign policy at the University of Notre Dame. [2] He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy. [5]
Curtis Kamman married the former Mary Glasgow Curtis, [1] and they have three sons. [3]
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