Robert H. McBride
Robert Henry McBride (May 25, 1918 – December 26, 1983)
Biography
Early life
Robert Henry McBride was born in
Aberdeen, Scotland to American parents, and attended schools in Spain and France. As a result, he spoke French and Spanish fluently.[2] He graduated from Princeton University in 1940.[2]
Career
Justin Marie Bomboko
shortly after presenting his credentials as Ambassador to the Congo, 1967He joined the United States Foreign Service in 1941, and served in embassies in Havana, Algiers, Naples, Port-au-Prince, Rabat, Paris and Madrid.[2] He served as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1967 to 1969, and to Mexico from 1969 to 1974.[2]
In 1974, he became a diplomat-in-residence at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.[2] He sat on the board of directors of the Inter-American Council for Immigration and Development.[2]
Personal life
He was married to Jacqueline McBride, and they had three children.[2]
Bibliography
- Mexico and the United States (editor; Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1981)
References
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