Roger Kirk (diplomat) explained

Roger Kirk
Ambassador From:United States
Country:Romania
Term Start:November 29, 1985
Term End:July 5, 1989
Predecessor:David B. Funderburk
Successor:Alan Green, Jr.
President:Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Office1:United States Ambassador to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Term Start1:September 18, 1980
Term End1:June 15, 1983
Predecessor1:John Charles Leary
Successor1:Richard S. Williamson (as United Nations International Organizations in Vienna)
President1:Ronald Reagan
Ambassador From2:United States
Country2:Somalia
Term Start2:October 8, 1973
Term End2:February 20, 1975
Predecessor2:Matthew J. Looram, Jr.
Successor2:John Lewis Loughran
President2:Richard Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Birth Date:2 November 1930
Birth Place:Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.
Death Place:Washington D.C., U.S.
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Princeton University
Occupation:Diplomat

Roger Kirk (November 2, 1930 – January 18, 2023) was an American career diplomat who was United States Ambassador to Somalia (1973–75) and Romania (1985–1989). He was born in Newport, Rhode Island.

Biography

Kirk received a BA from Princeton University in 1952 and served in the US Air Force from 1952 to 1955. From 1973 until 1975 he was the US Ambassador to Somalia. In 1978 he was nominated to be the Deputy Representative of the US to the International Atomic Energy Agency, in which capacity he served from 1978 until 1983. From 1985 until 1989 he was the U.S. Ambassador to Romania. He was a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy. Kirk died from pneumonia in Washington D.C., on January 18, 2023, at the age of 92.[1]

Throughout his career, Kirk shared multiple oral histories with the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ambassador Roger Kirk . Legacy . 26 December 2023.
  2. Web site: 21 May 1991 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR ROGER KIRK . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240627032100/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Kirk,%20Roger%20.toc.pdf . 27 June 2024 . 24 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.