Bruce Macdonald Brown

Background

Brown, Bruce Macdonald was born on January 24, 1930 in Wellington, New Zealand. Son of John Albert and Caroline Dorothea (Jorgensen) Brown.

Education

Master of Arts with honors, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, 1955. Director New Zealand Institute International Affairs, Wellington, 1969-1971. Deputy high commissioner New Zealand High Commission, Camberra, Australia, 1972-1975, London 1981-1985.

New Zealand ambassador to Iran, 1975-1978, to Pakistan, 1976-1978.

Assistant secretary Ministry Foreign Affairs, Wellington, 1978-1981. New Zealand ambassador to Thailand, since 1985, to Vietnam, Laos and Burma, since 1986.

Career

Editor: Asia and the Pacific in the 1970"s, 1971.

Achievements

• Bruce Macdonald Brown has been listed as a noteworthy diplomat by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Royal Institute International Affairs, New Zealand Institute International affairs (honorary vice president), International Institute Strategic Studies (associate).

Interests

• Reading; golf.

Connections

Married Edith Irene Raynor, January 3, 1953. Children– Leslie John Macdonald, Stephen Bruce, Catherine Raynor.

Father:

John Albert Brown

Mother:

Caroline Dorothea (Jorgensen) Brown

Spouse:

Edith Irene Raynor

child:

Stephen Bruce Brown

child:

Leslie John Macdonald Brown

child:

Catherine Raynor Brown