David A. Korn
David A. Korn | |
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11th United States Ambassador to Togo | |
In office October 16, 1986 – April 4, 1988 | |
President | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Owen W. Roberts |
Succeeded by | Rush Walker Taylor Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | Wichita Falls, Texas, United States | September 1, 1930
Died | September 7, 2022 | (aged 92)
Profession | Diplomat |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1951–53 |
David Adolph Korn (September 1, 1930
David Korn was born in
Korn joined the Foreign Service in September 1957 after serving briefly as a desk officer for North Africa at the International Administration, the predecessor of USAID. Later that year he was assigned as political officer to the U.S. Embassy in Paris, France. He returned to
Korn was then assigned to the U.S. Embassy in
His father was Thomas Adolph Korn and his mother was Iris Dobson. David Korn was divorced from Susan K. Palmer in 1981 and was married to Roberta Cohen, currently a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Korn died on September 7, 2022.[5]
Published works
Since 1986 to 1990, David Korn has published 6 books mainly published by Routledge, Southern Illinois University Press, Indiana University Press, Westview Press, Brookings Institution Press, Yale University Press, Human Rights Watch, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and the Defense Academic Research Support Program and The Middle East Institute.[6]
- Korn, David A. (1986). "Syria and Lebanon: A Fateful Entanglement". The World Today. 42 (8/9): 137–142. JSTOR 40395846.
- Korn, David A. (1986). Ethiopia, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-1338-9.[7]
- Korn, David A; Dorr, Steven R; Slater, Neysa M (1990). The Horn of Africa and Arabia : conference papers. Defense Academic Research Support Program and the Middle East Institute. OCLC 23824575.
- Korn, David A. (1990). Human rights in Iraq. New Haven: Yale University Press.
- Korn, David A. (1992). The making of United Nations Security Council Resolution 242. Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. OCLC 26515315.
- Korn, David A. (1992). Stalemate: The War of Attrition and Great Power Diplomacy in the Middle East, 1967–1970. Westview Press. ISBN 978-0-8133-8237-1.[9]
- Korn, David A. (1993). Assassination in Khartoum. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-33202-8.[10]
- Korn, David A. (1999). Exodus Within Borders: An Introduction to the Crisis of Internal Displacement. Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 978-0-8157-4954-7.[11]
- Weiss, Thomas George; Korn, David A. (2006). Internal displacement: conceptualization and its consequences. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-77080-4.[12]
See also
- United States Ambassador to Togo
References
This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.
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- ^ "US Ambassador to Ethiopia". nndb.com. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
- ^ "Farewell Ambassador David A Korn". Washington Kurdish Institute. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Korn, David A." Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
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