Donald B. Easum
Donald B. Easum | |
|---|---|
United States Ambassador to Nigeria | |
| In office May 22, 1975 – October 15, 1979 | |
| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | John E. Reinhardt |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Low |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Donald Boyd Easum August 27, 1923 Culver, Indiana |
| Died | April 16, 2016 (aged 92) Summit, New Jersey |
| Spouse | Augusta M Pentecost (d. 1992) |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Donald Boyd Easum (August 27, 1923 – April 16, 2016) was an American diplomat.
Foreign service
Easum spent 27 years in the
(Ambassador, 1975–79). During theState Department assignments included Executive Secretary of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Staff Director of the United States National Security Council's Interdepartmental Group for Latin America. Easum was also president of the Africa-America Institute from 1980 to 1988.[2][3]
In 2004, Easum was among 27 retired diplomats and military commanders called who publicly said the administration of President George W. Bush did not understand the world and was unable to handle "in either style or substance" the responsibilities of global leadership.[4] On June 16, 2004 the Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change issued a statement against the Iraq War.[5]
Background and education
Easum was born in
Fulbright scholarship and in Buenos Aires on a Doherty Foundation grant and a Penfield fellowship. He was a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Council on Foreign Relations. Easum lived in New York City
.
Writings
- La Prensa and the Freedom of the Press in Argentina, 1951
- "United States Policy Toward South Africa," Chapter 12 in Race and Politics in South Africa, edited by Ian Robertson and Philip Whitten, Transaction, Inc., New Brunswick, NJ, 1978
- The call for black studies, (U.S. Foreign Service Institute. Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy. Case study)
References
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ United States Department of State-Office of the Historian-Donald Boyd Easum
- ^ "AAI in the 1980s". Aaionline.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
- ^ Brownstein, Ronald (June 13, 2004). "Retired Officials Say Bush Must Go". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
- ^ Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change Official Statement Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (June 16, 2004)
- ^ Indiana Birth Certificate, Year 1923, #43269
