Background
Killgore, Andrew Ivy was born on November 7, 1919 in Greensboro, Alabama, United States. Son of Robert Morris and Mary Elmae (Wimberly) Killgore.
Killgore, Andrew Ivy was born on November 7, 1919 in Greensboro, Alabama, United States. Son of Robert Morris and Mary Elmae (Wimberly) Killgore.
Bachelor of Science, Livingston University, 1943. Juris Doctor, University Alabama, 1949. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Western Alabama, 2007.
He was ambassador of the United States to Qatar when he retired from the United States. Foreign Service in 1980. He received a Bachelor of Surgery from Livingston College in 1943 and an Bachelor of Laws from the University of Alabama in 1949. He served in the United States. Navy from 1943 to 1946.
Killgore served as a selector-analyst for the United States. Displaced Persons Commission in 1949 and 1950 and as a displaced populations officer in Frankfort in 1950 and 1951.
From 1951 to 1953, he was visa officer in London, and from 1953 to 1955 he was an evaluator at the State Department. In 1955-1956 Killgore took Arab language training at the Foreign Service Institute, and in 1956 and 1957 he served as political officer in Beirut.
From 1957 to 1959, he was political officer in Jerusalem, and from 1959 to 1961, he was political officer in Amman. In 1961 and 1962, Killgore was an international relations officer at the State Department.
From 1962 to 1965, he was officer-in-charge of Iraq-Jordan affairs
From 1965 to 1967, he was detailed as a public affairs officer to United States Information Agency in Baghdad. Killgore was political officer in Dacca from 1967 to 1970 and political-economic officer for the Arab North Directorate, Jordan Affairs, at the State Department from 1970 to 1972. From 1972 to 1974, he was counselor for political affairs in Tehran.
In 1974 he was principal officer in Manama, and from 1974 to 1976 he was deputy chief of mission in Wellington.
Former president American section Musa Al-Alami of Jericho Foundation. President American Educational Trust. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1943-1946.
Member of Army and Navy, Cosmos.
Married Marjorie Davis Nicholls. Children: Elizabeth Nicholls Krieger, Andrew Nicholls, Jane G., Roberta K. McInerney.