AKA Lewis Dean Brown

Born: 21-Aug-1920
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 2-May-2001
Location of death: Washington, DC [1]
Cause of death: Kidney failure

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Diplomat

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Ambassador to Jordan, 1970-73

Military service: US Army (2nd. lt., WWII 1942-46)

Joined the Foreign Service in 1946. In 1975, organized the airlift of American personnel out of Saigon just prior to the fall of South Vietnam.

    University: BA, Wesleyan University (1942)
    University: Columbia University (1941-42)

    US State Department Special Envoy to Lebanon (1975)
    US State Department Deputy Under Secretary for Management (1973-75)
    US Ambassador to Jordan (1970-73)
    US Ambassador to the Gambia (1968-70)
    US Ambassador to Senegal (1967-70)
    US State Department International Relations Office (1958-61)
    US State Department Second Secretary-Consul, Paris (1955-58)
    US State Department Foreign Affairs Office (1952-55)
    US State Department Vice Consul, Ottawa, Canada (1948-52)
    US State Department Vice Consul, Leopoldville, Belgian Congo (1946-48)
    Council on Foreign Relations
    Middle East Institute President (1975-86)
    American Academy of Diplomacy Board member
    American Institute for Islamic Affairs Board member

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