Robert G. Rich Jr.

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Robert G. Rich Jr. (born November 15, 1930) is an American former diplomat who served as the Ambassador to Belize. [1]

Rich was born in Gainesville, Florida on November 15, 1930. [2] He graduated from the University of Florida in 1952 and served in the United States Navy as a junior naval officer,1952 - 1954. [2] After serving in the Navy, he attended “Cornell Univer [2] sity as a candidate in the graduate school in cultural anthropology and Asian Studies.” [3] Rich joined the Foreign Service in 1957 after working as a junior research engineer at Sperry Corporation. He had also worked as a graduate research assistant in physics. After the Korean War he also worked as a graduate teaching assistant in academia.

Rich would take on the following assignments: [4]

When Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was deposed in 1986 after a 20-year dictatorship, he and 90 other members of his entourage found themselves in exile in Hawaii. Robert Rich was assigned by the State Department as the minder of the Marcoses, as the deposed leader demanded a direct line with Pres. Ronald Reagan. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Robert G. Rich Jr. (1930–)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Nomination of Robert G. Rich, Jr., To Be United States Ambassador to Belize". Reagan Presidential Library & Museum. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Interview with Robert G. Rich Jr" (PDF). The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project. Library of Congress. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Amb. Robert G. Rich Jr. Interview" (PDF). Association of Diplomatic Studies & Training. Association of Diplomatic Studies & Training. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "The End of an Era — Handholding Ferdinand Marcos in Exile". Association for Diplomatic Studies & Training. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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