Thomas Reeve "Tom" Pickering is a retired United States ambassador. Among his many diplomatic appointments,he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,Inc. (ΔΣΘ) is a historically African American sorority. The organization was founded by college-educated women dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that assist the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta was founded on January 13,1913 by twenty-two women at Howard University in Washington,D.C. Membership is open to any woman,regardless of religion,race,or nationality. Women may apply to join through undergraduate chapters at a college or university or through an alumnae chapter after earning a college degree.
Theta Phi Alpha (ΘΦΑ),commonly known as Theta Phi,is a women's fraternity founded at the University of Michigan –Ann Arbor on August 30,1912. Theta Phi Alpha is one of 26 national sororities recognized in the National Panhellenic Conference. Today,Theta Phi Alpha has 54 active chapters across the United States. Theta Phi has alumnae clubs and associations in almost every major city. The organization is involved in the philanthropies Glenmary Home Missioners and The House that Theta Phi Alpha Built which help the homeless and underprivileged,specifically in the Appalachian Mountain region,and Camp Friendship,a summer camp in northeast Mississippi for children from disadvantaged and low-income homes.
Edward William Gnehm Jr.,also known as Skip Gnehm,is an American diplomat who most recently served as the U.S. ambassador to Jordan. He is now a faculty member at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.
Stephens College is a private women's college in Columbia,Missouri,United States. It is the second-oldest women's educational establishment that is still a women's college in the United States. It was founded on August 24,1833,as the Columbia Female Academy.
Arthur William Hummel Jr. was a United States diplomat.
Malcolm Toon was an American diplomat who served as a Foreign Service Officer in Moscow in the 1950s,1960s,and 1970s,during the Cold War,ultimately becoming the ambassador to the Soviet Union.
Arthur Adair Hartman was an American career diplomat who served as Ambassador to France under Jimmy Carter and Ambassador to the Soviet Union under Ronald Reagan.
Charles Tenney "Chuck" Cross was an American career diplomat and ambassador who held many positions in American government around the world. He served as the U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong,1974–1977,and was the second United States Ambassador to Singapore,serving from 1969 to 1972. He served as the first Director of the American Institute in Taiwan from 1979 to 1981,a position which required his retirement from the Foreign Service. In his retirement he lectured at the University of Washington in Seattle.
William Tapley Bennett Jr. was an American diplomat who served as Ambassador to the Dominican Republic during the 1965 civil war and who recommended that President Johnson intervene with United States troops.
Peter Scott Bridges was an author and diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to Somalia from 1984 to 1986.
Brandon Hambright Grove Jr. was the United States Ambassador to the German Democratic Republic and Zaire (1984–87) and served on the board of directors of the American Academy of Diplomacy.
John Wills Tuthill was a U.S. career diplomat who was stationed in Latin America,Canada,and Europe.
Charles William Maynes was a United States diplomat and long-time editor of Foreign Policy magazine.
The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST) is a United States 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 1986 by retired Foreign Service officers,headquartered at the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington,Virginia. It produces and shares oral histories by American diplomats and facilitates the publication of books about diplomacy by diplomats and others. Its Foreign Affairs Oral History program has recorded over 2,600 oral histories and continues to grow;its book series includes over 100 books. ADST is located on the campus of the Foreign Service Institute in Arlington,Virginia. ADST is the sole American private organization principally committed to the collection of documents about recent U.S. diplomatic history.
Harry George Barnes Jr. was an American diplomat,known for his role in ending the government of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. A former Foreign Service Officer who served as US ambassador to Romania,India,and Chile,Barnes also occupied the post of Director General of the Foreign Service at the Department of State between December 22,1977,and February 8,1981. Elliott Abrams,the United States assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs,once called Barnes "a world-class ambassador."
Geraldine Pittman Woods was an American science administrator. She is known for her lifelong dedication to community service and for establishing programs that promote minorities in STEM fields,scientific research,and basic research.
James Keough Bishop Jr. is an American Foreign Service Officer,who served as U.S. Ambassador to Niger (1979–81),Liberia (1987-90),and Somalia (1990–91).
June Carter Perry is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and a retired American Ambassador (Sierra Leone from August 27,2007,to August 28,2009,and Lesotho from 2004 to 2007. In 2016,she was inducted into the Arkansas Hall of Fame.
