Robert South Barrett IV explained

Robert South Barrett IV
Office:4th United States Ambassador to Djibouti
Term Start:September 5, 1988
Term End:April 18, 1991
Predecessor:John Pierce Ferriter
Successor:Charles R. Baquet III
Death Place:MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Death Cause:Cancer
Nationality:American
Education:Princeton University (AB)
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Profession:Diplomat

Robert South Barrett IV (1927 – December 24, 2004) was an American Career Foreign Service Officer who served concurrent appointments as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Madagascar and Comoros (1977-1980) and was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Djibouti (1988-1991).[1] He also served as “Consul in Martinique, political officer in war-torn Vietnam, ... and Deputy Chief of Mission in conflict-ravaged Beirut, with a relatively peaceful interim tour at the United Nations in New York, before accepting the post of Ambassador to Djibouti, a country of great strategic importance to the United States”[2]

Barrett graduated with an AB was in politics from Princeton University and a master's in economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

A resident of Washington, D.C. and Charleston, South Carolina, Barrett died of cancer at Georgetown University Hospital.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robert South Barrett . Office of the Historian . 31 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Mavis Barrett . Legacy.com . 31 January 2020.
  3. News: Robert South Barrett IV '48 . 31 January 2020 . Princeton Alumni Weekly.