Douglas Heck
Louis Douglas Heck (born December 14, 1918 in Bern , † January 13, 1993 in Madras ) was an American diplomat .
Life
Douglas Heck was born in Switzerland to American parents. He graduated from Yale University in 1941 . Heck joined the United States Department of State in 1943 . He initially worked as an assistant in the department for world trade information until he was director of the department for biographical information from 1945 to 1952.
From 1952 Douglas Heck worked in the diplomatic service. In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs he was the director responsible for India , Ceylon , Nepal and the Maldives . He also attended the National War College during this time . In 1960 he was interim chargé d'affaires of the United States in the newly independent Cyprus . He had other diplomatic missions abroad as political representative in New Delhi and as consul general in Istanbul as well as deputy to the ambassador in Kathmandu in Nepal and, from 1970 to 1974, in Tehran in Iran .
Douglas Heck became the United States Ambassador to Niger in 1974 . He held this office until 1976. This year appointed him US President Gerald Ford as the first director of the newly established Office for Combating Terrorism , the Office of the fight against terrorism . Heck was then US ambassador to Nepal from 1977 to 1980. He retired in 1980.
Douglas Heck was married twice and had two daughters from his first marriage. He got Parkinson's disease and died in Madras , India, where he last lived.
Web links
- The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project: Ernestine S. Heck. Interviewed by: Charles Stuart Kennedy. Initial interview date: December 11, 1997. 2002 (PDF, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lawrence Kestenbaum: Index to Politicians: Heathcote to Hedrich. In: The Political Graveyard. Retrieved March 29, 2017 (English).
- ↑ a b c Obituaries: L. Douglas Heck. In: The Washington Post . January 16, 1993, accessed March 29, 2017 .
- ^ A b c Louis Douglas Heck (1918–1993). Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State, accessed March 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Forty Years in the Making: The Bureau of Counterterrorism. In: Honor the Victims of Terrorism. February 29, 2016, accessed March 29, 2017 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Roswell McClelland |
US Ambassador to Niamey May 30, 1974-20. July 1976 |
Charles James |
| Marquita M. Maytag |
US Ambassador to Kathmandu July 29, 1977-19. May 1980 |
Philip R. Trimble |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heck, Douglas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heck, Louis Douglas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1993 |
| Place of death | Madras |