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 Robert C. Strong sworn in as Ambassador to Iraq by William J. Tonask, Deputy Chief of Protocol. W. Averell Harriman, Undersecretary, looks on | |
| US Ambassador to Iraq | |
| In office 1963–1967 | |
| President | John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | John D. Jernegan |
| Succeeded by | Enoch S. Duncan |
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| Education | Beloit College (B.A., 1938) University of Wisconsin |
Robert Campbell Strong (September 29, 1915 – December 28, 1999) was a United States diplomat serving as head of U.S. missions in Baghdad, Iraq and Taipei, Taiwan.
Biography
[edit]Born Robert Campbell Strong on September 29, 1915, in Chicago, Illinois,[1] Strong eventually moved to Beloit, Wisconsin. He attended Beloit College where he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity and graduated in 1938.[2] He then studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Strong began his career in 1939 after passing a three day test to be admitted into the foreign service.[2] He served as U.S. Vice Consul in Prague, Czechoslovakia and in Durban, South Africa. For a while, he was stationed at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.[2] In 1949, he served as the U.S. Head of mission (Charge d’affaires) of the Embassy Office Taipei following the Retreat of the Republic of China to Taiwan.[3] In April 1961, he was appointed Director of the Office of Near Eastern Affairs under Phillips Talbot.[4][5] President Kennedy appointed him U.S. Ambassador to Iraq on May 13, 1963.[6] He served in this capacity until 1967. On May 19, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson honored Strong with the National Civil Service League award.[7]
He died on December 28, 1999, in Tucson, Arizona, and was buried at Beloit.[citation needed]
Strong's son, Gridley Barstow Strong, served in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and was killed during the Battle of Khe Sanh.
References
[edit]- ↑ "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Strong".
- 1 2 3 "Sigma Pi In The News: Ambassador to Iraq" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 50, no. 3. Fall 1963. pp. 119–120. Archived from the original on October 21, 2016.
- ↑ Dean Acheson (1949-12-30). "The Secretary of State to the Consul at Taipei (Edgar)". Department of State. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Panaspornprasit, Chookiat, US-Kuwaiti Relations, 1961-1992: An Uneasy Relationship (Routledge 2005). Print.
- ↑ "List of Persons". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Strong Named New U.S. Ambassador to Iraq". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1963. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ↑ Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965 (U.S. Government Printing Office), 563. Print.
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