Howard Kent Walker

Howard Kent Walker
1982, on right
9th United States Ambassador to Togo
In office March 9, 1982 – June 9, 1984
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Marilyn P. Johnson
Succeeded by	Owen W. Roberts
9th United States Ambassador to Madagascar
In office September 27, 1989 – July 12, 1992
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Patricia Lynch Ewell
Succeeded by	Dennis P. Barrett[1]
9th United States Ambassador to Comoros
In office October 25, 1989 – September 24, 1990
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Patricia Gates Lynch
Succeeded by	Kenneth N. Peltier[2]
Personal details
Born	(1935-12-03) December 3, 1935 Newport News, Virginia.
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Profession	Diplomat
Military service
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1962–65
Rank	First lieutenant

Howard Kent Walker (born December 3, 1935) is a US diplomat, Foreign Service officer, former United States Ambassador to Togo, Madagascar, and Comoros.^[3]

Walker was born on December 3, 1935, in Newport News, Virginia. He graduated from the University of Michigan with an A.B. in 1957 and M.A. in 1958. He enrolled in the United States Air Force as first lieutenant from 1962 to 65. He graduated from Boston University with a Ph.D. in 1968. He is married, has two children, and currently resides in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Walker joined the U.S. Department of State and was assigned as a research analyst from 1965 to 1968 and international relations officer of the Office of Inter-African Affairs and principal officer in Kaduna, from 1971 to 1973. From 1973 to 1975 he was in the Department as international relations officer of the Office of West African Affairs. He was counselor for political affairs in Amman, Jordan from 1975 to 1977, Deputy Chief of Mission in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from 1977 to 1979, and in 1979, Deputy Chief of Mission in Pretoria, South Africa. In 1982 he became the United States Ambassador to Togo, replacing Marilyn P. Johnson. He left in 1984. ^[4]

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Department of State website http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/index.htm (Background Notes).