Francis A. Dennis Explained

Francis A. Dennis, Sr.
Office:Liberian Ambassador to the United States
President:William R. Tolbert Jr.
Term Start:July 15, 1976
Term End:1979
Predecessor:J. Urias Nelson
Successor:William V. S. Bull
Birth Date:24 Aug 1926
Birth Place:Monrovia, Liberia
Death Date:20 Sep 2008
Death Place:Falls Church, Virginia
Spouse:Evangeline Baromietta Morris Dennis
Children:2 sons, 2 daughters
Alma Mater:University of Liberia

Francis A. Dennis, Sr. was a former Liberian diplomatic with ambassador assignments to the United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, the Soviet Union, Canada and United States.

Personal life

While resident in Washington, D.C., Ambassador Dennis taught Bible class at First Baptist Church, where Jimmy and Rosalind Carter also attended during the Carter administration.[1]

Dennis died on September 20, 2008, and was interred at the Dennis Family Cemetery in Careysburg, Liberia.[2] [3]

Archives

Dennis assisted in developing the Ambassador’s Library at the Liberian Embassy in Washington, D.C., and donated many of his personal papers to the library.

In June 2011, Liberian foreign minister, Dr. Toga Gayewea McIntosh, and the Dennis family presided over the dedication and opening of the Ambassador Francis A. Dennis, Sr. Memorial Library at the Gabriel L. Dennis Foreign Service Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Monrovia.[4] The memorial library was established to support initiatives related to diplomacy, academics and faith. In a statement by Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, she said Dennis “represented the best that this country had to offer… Liberia owes him a debt of gratitude.”

External sources

Remarks by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at the Opening of the Ambassador Francis Dennis Memorial Library (June 2011).

Papers of Ambassador Francis A. Dennis (2010)

Notes and References

  1. News: Couple sits next to the President. Chip and wife attend church. . Arizona Republic at Newspapers.com . 15 Aug 1977 . 6 . en.
  2. Web site: Francis Dennis Obituary (2008) - Washington, DC - The Washington Post . www.legacy.com . 19 June 2021 . en.
  3. Web site: TLC Africa: Mrs. Evangeline Baromietta Morris Dennis . www.tlcafrica2.com . 19 June 2021.
  4. Web site: Foreign Ministry’s Gabriel L. Dennis, Jr. Foreign Service Institute Gets New Library . mofa.gov.lr . 19 June 2021.