Donald Burnham Ensenat | |
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28th Chief of Protocol of the United States | |
In office June 6, 2001 –February 18, 2007 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Mary Mel French |
Succeeded by | Nancy Brinker |
United States Ambassador to Brunei | |
In office August 11,1992 –June 13,1993 | |
President | George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Christopher H. Phillips |
Succeeded by | Theresa Anne Tull |
Personal details | |
Born | February 4,1946 |
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Yale University (BA) Tulane University (JD) |
Donald Burnham Ensenat (born February 4,1946) is a retired American diplomat. Until his retirement in 2007,he served as United States Chief of Protocol at the United States Department of State.
Ensenat is a native of New Orleans,Louisiana. He is a graduate of the Isidore Newman School in New Orleans,Yale University,and the Tulane University Law School. As an undergraduate,he was a roommate of George W. Bush at Yale College. In the 1960s and 1970s,Ensenat served as a military reservist.
Ensenat is a lawyer,and formerly served as Ambassador to Brunei.