Curtis Warren Kamman

Curtis Warren Kamman (born January 15, 1939, in Chicago, Illinois) is a former career diplomat.

Kamman graduated from Tucson High School and Yale University and entered the Foreigh Service in 1960.[1] He served as United States Ambassador to Bolivia, Chile, and Colombia.[2] Kamman also served in various positions in the United States Department of State, including Director of East African Affairs, and in diplomatic assignments in Mexico, Hong Kong, Kenya, Cuba and the Soviet Union.[3] In 1991, he was sent by President George H. W. Bush to re-establish diplomatic relations with the newly independent nations of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.[4]

Kamman retired from the Foreign Service in 2000. After his retirement, Kamman taught diplomacy and U.S. foreign policy at the University of Notre Dame.[2] He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy.[5]

Curtis Kamman married the former Mary Glasgow Curtis[1] and they have three sons.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Curtis Kamman Promoted In Foreign Service", Prescott Evening Courier, April 29, 1965, retrieved 2011-11-29.
  2. 1 2 "Curtis Kamman, the former U.S. Ambassador to Chile, Bolivia, and Colombia, to discuss U.S. policy in Latin America on April 19, 2010.". Vassar College. 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  3. 1 2 "State Department Archived Biographies -- Curtis W. Kamman". Electronic Research Collections, University of Illinois. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  4. ↑ Alumni Spotlight: Former Ambassador Curtis Kamman & Editor Jon Kamman, Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus Newsletter, Winter 2000, retrieved 2011-11-29.
  5. ↑ The American Academy of Diplomacy - Member List, retrieved 2011-03-28
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Charles A. Gillespie, Jr.		 United States Ambassador to Chile
1992–1994 		Succeeded by
Gabriel Guerra-Mondragón
Preceded by
Charles R. Bowers		 United States Ambassador to Bolivia
1994–1997 		Succeeded by
Donna Jean Hrinak
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