John A. McKesson, III explained

John Alexander McKesson III (1922 – May 21, 2002) was an American Career Foreign Service Officer who served as the American Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Gabon (1970-1975).^[1] McKesson was also the Associate Editor of Arts d'Afrique Noire and an adjunct Professor of politics at the Institute of French Studies at New York University.^[2]

Biography

McKesson entered Columbia University as a junior and went on to receive an AB and MA. After serving four years in the navy during World War II and working for a short time at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio, he joined the Foreign Service in 1947.^[3]

References

1. Web site: John A. McKsson III . Office of the Historian . 30 January 2020.
2. News: Deaths MCKESSON, JOHN ALEXANDER . 31 January 2020 . The New York Times . June 2, 2002.
3. Web site: 7 May 1990 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR JOHN A. MCKESSON, III . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240721025808/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/McKesson%20_III_,%20John%20A.toc.pdf . 21 July 2024 . 29 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.