| Marilyn P. Johnson | |
|---|---|
| United States Ambassador to Togo | |
| In office September 23, 1978 – July 29, 1981 |
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| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Ronald D. Palmer |
| Succeeded by | Howard Kent Walker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 19, 1922 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Profession | Diplomat |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1944–46 |
Marilyn Priscilla Johnson (born June 19, 1922) is a former US diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Togo.[1] She was appointed to that position on September 23, 1978, and left her post on July 29, 1981.
She graduated from Radcliffe College with a B.A. in 1944 and from Middlebury College in 1952 with an M.A. She enlisted in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946.
From 1952 and 1959, Johnson taught French at high schools. Between 1962 and 1964, she taught English as a foreign language in various schools inside Cameroon and Mali. She joined the Foreign Service in 1964, and later served as cultural affairs officer in Bamako, Mali, and Tunis, Tunisia, as well as public affairs officer in Niamey, Niger.
Then from 1971 to 1974, Johnson was the Deputy Assistant Director of the Information Centers Program. She attended the Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy from 1974 to 1975. In 1975 to 1976 she learned the Russian language through training. In 1976 she was cultural affairs officer in Moscow, Soviet Union. In September 1978 she was assigned as United States Ambassador to the Rebublic of Togo until July 1981.[2]