Richard J. Bloomfield

Richard Joseph Bloomfield (August 27, 1927 - November 22, 2011) was a career Foreign Service Officer who served as United States Ambassador to Ecuador (1976 - 1978) and United States Ambassador to Portugal (1978 - 1982). After retiring from the US Foreign Service in 1982 he became executive director of the World Peace Foundation (1982 - 1992).

Career

After graduating from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service in 1950 and serving in the US Air Force, Bloomfield joined the US Foreign Service in 1952.^[2] As well as various postings in Latin America he was Director of the Office of Policy Planning and Coordination at the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs (1973 - 1976),^[2] before being appointed United States Ambassador to Ecuador (1976 - 1978) and United States Ambassador to Portugal (1978 - 1982).^[3]

After retiring from the US Foreign Service in 1982 Bloomfield became executive director of the World Peace Foundation (1982 - 1992), before becoming a senior visiting fellow at Brown University.^[3]

References

1. 1 2 3 4 history.state.gov, Richard Joseph Bloomfield (1927-2011)
2. 1 2 presidency.ucsb.edu, 22 December 1977, United States Ambassador to Portugal Nomination of Richard J. Bloomfield.
3. 1 2 Boston Globe, 14 December 2011, Richard J. Bloomfield, 84, retired US ambassador