Olcott Deming

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Olcott Hawthorne Deming (February 28, 1909 - March 20, 2007) was an American career diplomat who was the first ambassador of the United States to Uganda.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Later life 4 External links

[edit] Early life

Deming, a great-grandson of Nathaniel Hawthorne, was born February 28, 1909 in Westchester County, New York.

He graduated from Rollins College in 1935, and worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority and as a teacher in Greenwich, Connecticut.

[edit] Career

Deming joined the State Department in 1942. From 1957-59, he was U.S. consul general in Okinawa. He served as Ambassador to the newly independent nation of Uganda from 1962-65. He retired in 1969, later becoming an official of the American Foreign Service Association.

[edit] Later life

Deming died March 20, 2007, aged 98 of septicemia at a hospice in Washington, D.C..

[edit] External links

• New York Times obituary, Apr. 7, 2007
• Washington Post obituary, March 23, 2007