Donald Burnham Ensenat | |
Order: | 28th |
Office: | Chief of Protocol of the United States |
Term Start: | June 6, 2001 |
Term End: | February 18, 2007 |
President: | George W. Bush |
Predecessor: | Mary Mel French |
Successor: | Nancy Brinker |
Office2: | United States Ambassador to Brunei |
Term Start2: | August 11, 1992 |
Term End2: | June 13, 1993 |
Predecessor2: | Christopher H. Phillips |
Successor2: | Theresa Anne Tull |
President2: | George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton |
Birth Date: | 4 February 1946 |
Party: | Republican |
Alma Mater: | Yale University (BA) Tulane University (JD) |
Donald Burnham Ensenat (born February 4, 1946) is a retired American diplomat. Until his retirement in 2007, he served as United States Chief of Protocol at the United States Department of State.
Ensenat is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a graduate of the Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, Yale University, and the Tulane University Law School. As an undergraduate, he was a roommate of George W. Bush at Yale College. In the 1960s and 1970s, Ensenat served as a military reservist.
Ensenat is a lawyer, and formerly served as Ambassador to Brunei.