Andrew Killgore

U.S. Near Eastern Affairs Diplomats

Loy W. Henderson (1922–1960)
William Stoltzfus (1949–1976)
Joseph J. Sisco (1951–1976)
Hermann Eilts (1947–1979)
Andrew Killgore (1949–1980)
Richard Bordeaux Parker (1949–1981)
Talcott Williams Seelye (1950–1981)
Alfred Atherton (1954–1984)
Nicholas A. Veliotes (1955–1986)
William L. Eagleton (1949–1988)
Richard W. Murphy (1955–1989)
Robert Pelletreau (1962–1996)
Edward Djerejian (1966–1994)
Hume Alexander Horan (1966–1998)
Edward S. Walker, Jr. (1967–2001)
Edward Gnehm (1969–2003)
L. Paul Bremer (1966–1989, 2003-2004)
Martin Indyk (1995–2001)
Daniel C. Kurtzer (1981–2006)
David Welch (1977–2008)
Dennis Ross (1989–1992)
John Negroponte (1962–2009)
Ryan Crocker (1972–present)
Barbara Bodine (1975–present)
Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. (1978–present)
Zalmay Khalilzad (1984–present)
William Joseph Burns (1982–present)

James Steinberg (2009–present)

Andrew I. Killgore (born November 7, 1919) was a United States Foreign Service Officer and diplomat. He was ambassador of the United States to Qatar when he retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in 1980. He was one of the original founders of the American Educational Trust, best known for publishing the magazine The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. He sits on the board of the organization If Americans Knew.

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Early life

Killgore was born November 7, 1919, in Greensboro, Ala. He received a B.S. from Livingston College in 1943 and an LL.B. from the University of Alabama in 1949. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946.[1]

Personal life

Andrew Killgore was married to Marge Killgore until her death in 1996. Marge had two children from a previous marriage that Andrew adopted (Elizabeth and Andrew Killgore) and had two children with her (Roberta McInerney and Jane D'Albani). Andrew Killgore lives in Northwest Washington close to one of his daughters, his son, and two of his grandchildren.

Diplomatic career

Killgore served as a selector-analyst for the U.S. Displaced Persons Commission in 1949 and 1950 and as a displaced populations officer in Frankfort in 1950 and 1951. From 1951 to 1953, he was visa officer in London, and from 1953 to 1955 he was an evaluator at the State Department.

In 1955-56 Killgore took Arab language training at the Foreign Service Institute, and in 1956 and 1957 he served as political officer in Beirut. From 1957 to 1959, he was political officer in Jerusalem, and from 1959 to 1961, he was political officer in Amman.

In 1961 and 1962, Killgore was an international relations officer at the State Department. From 1962 to 1965, he was officer-in-charge of Iraq-Jordan affairs. From 1965 to 1967, he was detailed as a public affairs officer to USIA in Baghdad.

Killgore was political officer in Dacca from 1967 to 1970 and political-economic officer for the Arab North Directorate, Jordan Affairs, at the State Department from 1970 to 1972. From 1972 to 1974, he was counselor for political affairs in Tehran. In 1974 he was principal officer in Manama, and from 1974 to 1976 he was deputy chief of mission in Wellington.

Diplomatic Chronology

Position Host country or organization Year
US Foreign Service London, United Kingdom 1951 to 1953
US Foreign Service Beirut, Lebanon 1956 to 1957
US Foreign Service Jerusalem, Israel 1957 to 1959
US Foreign Service Amman, Jordan 1959 to 1961
US Foreign Service U.S.A., international relations officer 1961 to 1962
US Foreign Service U.S.A., officer-in-charge of Iraq-Jordan affairs 1962 to 1965
US Foreign Service Baghdad, Iraq 1965 to 1967
US Foreign Service Dhaka, Bangladesh 1967 to 1970
US Foreign Service U.S.A., officer for Jordan Affairs 1970 to 1972
US Foreign Service Tehran, Iran 1972 to 1974
US Foreign Service Manama, Bahrain 1974
US Foreign Service Wellington, New Zealand 1974 to 1976
U.S. Ambassador Doha, Qatar 1976 to 1980

References

  1. ^ [1] President Carter's nomination of Killgore for Ambassador