David C. Halsted Explained

David Crane Halsted
Order1:17th
Ambassador From1:United States
Country1:Chad
Term Start1:September 12, 1996
Term End1:August 6, 1999
President1:Bill Clinton
Successor1:Christopher E. Goldthwait
Order2:5th
Ambassador From2:United States
Country2:Uganda
Term Start2:July 18, 1979
Term End2:1980
Predecessor2:Thomas Patrick Melady
Successor2:Gordon Robert Beyer
President2:Jimmy Carter
Birth Date:September 7, 1941
Birth Place:Plainfield, New Jersey USA
Spouse:Michele Ann Vautrain
Party:Nonpartisan[1]
Profession:Diplomat

David Crane Halsted (born 1941) is an American diplomat. He served as the United States Ambassador to Chad from 1996 to 1999.

Biography

Halsted was born in Plainfield, New Jersey on September 7, 1941.[2] His mother was Katharine Patterson Halsted and his father was Osborne Halsted. Halsted attended Deerfield Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1963. He graduated from George Washington University in 1968[3] and later joined the U.S. Foreign Service. On June 11, 1996, Halsted was nominated by President Bill Clinton to be the United States Ambassador to Chad. He was confirmed on September 12, 1996, and remained in that post until August 6, 1999.[4]

On September 29, 1998, Halsted's mother died. Halsted also has three siblings, Margaret, Bayard and Alfred.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Halsted, David C. . Thomas Walker . May 18, 2006 . ourcampaigns.com . 9 December 2011.
  2. Web site: Halstad to Hamill . politicalgraveyard.com . 9 December 2011.
  3. Web site: Prominent Alumni . gwu.edu . 9 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120113143100/http://alumni.gwu.edu/prominent/field/international.html . 13 January 2012 . dead .
  4. Web site: AllGov - Nations - Chad . allgov.com. 9 December 2011.
  5. Web site: Paid Notice: Deaths HALSTED, KATHARINE (PATTERSON . nytimes.com . 9 December 2011.