Teddy B. Taylor
Teddy B. Taylor | |
|---|---|
Vanuatu | |
| In office October 26, 2009 – October 6, 2012 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Leslie V. Rowe |
| Succeeded by | Walter E. North |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) Washington, D.C. |
| Spouse | Antoinette Corbin-Taylor |
| Alma mater | Florida A&M University (B.A.) |
Teddy Bernard Taylor (born 1953) is a United States diplomat. A member of the
Early life
Taylor was born in 1953 in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Florida A&M University in 1975. While enrolled at FAMU he became initiated as a brother of Omega Psi Phi fraternity.[3]
Political career
Taylor started his diplomatic career in 1978 working as a Consular/Economic Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala through 1980. From 1981 to 1983, he worked at the U.S. Embassy in Panama and from 1983 to 1985, at the embassy in Honduras. In 1985, upon his return to the states, he was appointed Deputy Director of Press and Public Affairs in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs remaining on the post until 1987 when he took up the role of Deputy Policy Officer for Latin America at the United States Information Agency. From 1988 through 1991, he served as Deputy Director for East Asian and Pacific Assignments at the Bureau of Human Resources; from 1991 to 1992, he was the Deputy Examiner in the Board of Foreign Service Examiners in the same Bureau and from 1992 through 1993, he served as the Special Assistant in the Visa Services Office in the Bureau of Consular Affairs.[3]
In 1995, he was assigned to the U.S. Embassy in
Personal life
Being a member of Omega Psi Phi, he was active in extracurricular activities in some places of assignment. In Panama, he coached a teenager basketball team in Panama Canal Zone; in Hungary, he was the Chairperson of the Cub and Boy Scout parent organization and merit badge instructor and Chairman of the Eagle Scout Board of Review committee. He's married to
References
- ^ "U.S. State Department. Biography. Teddy B. Taylor". Archived from the original on 2009-10-04. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
- ^ "Embassy of the United States Port Moresby Papua New Guinea". Retrieved 2014-01-05.
- ^ a b c d "Papua New Guinea: Taylor, Teddy". Retrieved 2011-02-10.
- ^ "United States Embassy in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Ambassador Taylor's Biography". Retrieved 2011-02-10.
External links
Media related to Teddy B. Taylor at Wikimedia Commons
