Sally Shelton-Colby

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Sally Angela Shelton-Colby (maiden name: Sally Angela Shelton ; * 1944 ) is a former US diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Barbados between 1979 and 1981 .

Life

After attending school, Sally Shelton began studying at the University of Missouri with the support of the Fulbright program , which she completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). She completed a study visit to the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (IEP de Paris). She completed postgraduate studies in international relations at Johns Hopkins University with a Master of Arts (MA). She is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society . She became a professor at Georgetown University and was for a time in the US State Department Deputy Head of Department Inter-American Affairs (Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs ) .

She was named United States Ambassador to Barbados on May 17, 1979, and succeeded Frank V. Ortiz, Jr. on June 7, 1979. She remained in this post until February 24, 1981, after which Milan D. Bish was her successor there. She was also as ambassador to Dominica , Grenada and St. Lucia accredited . She then temporarily served as Deputy Head of Global Programs at the US Agency for International Development ( USAID ) , Professor at Georgetown University and Senior Economic Advisor at the World Bank .

Sally Shelton was married since 1984 to William Colby , who died on April 27, 1996 and was director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) between 1973 and 1976 . She also worked for the American Academy of Diplomacy , the Atlantic Council , the Council on Foreign Relations , the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) and Planned Parenthood . She also supported the Democratic Party and the candidacies of Al Gore , John Kerry , Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Barbados on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  2. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Dominica on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  3. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Grenada on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  4. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Saint Lucia on the site of the Office des Historian of the US State Department
personal data
SURNAME Shelton-Colby, Sally
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shelton, Sally Angela (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1944