Background
II, Charles Howard Thomas was born on June 23, 1934 in Buffalo. Son of John Charles Thomas and Helen (Wright) Cogswell.
II, Charles Howard Thomas was born on June 23, 1934 in Buffalo. Son of John Charles Thomas and Helen (Wright) Cogswell.
AB, Harvard University, 1956; student, National War College, 1977-1978.
Foreign service officer, United States Consulate, Cuidad Juarez, Mexico, 1960-1962; foreign service officer, United States Embassy, La Paz, Bolivia, 1962-1964; foreign service officer, Department State, Washington, 1964-1966; deputy director, Peace Corps, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1966-1967; director, Peace Corps, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1967-1969; political counselor, United States Embassy, Lisbon, Potugal, 1974-1977; deputy chief of mission, United States Embassy, Brussels, 1982-1985; director operations center, Department State, Washington, 1970-1974; director North Atlantic Treaty Organization affairs, Department State, Washington, 1978-1982; deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Canada Affairs, Department State, Washington, 1985-1989; ambassador to Hungary, Department State, Budapest, 1990-1994; special envoy for Burdensharing, Bureau Politico-Military Affairs Department State, Washington, 1994; executive director, Special Group. on Eastern Europe, 1994; special envoy for former Yugoslavia, United States representative on contact group, 1994-1995; special envoy for Bosnian Federation, 1995.
Served to Lieutenant, United States Navy, 1956-1959. Member American Foreign Service Association.
Married Lourana Swift, December 28, 1956. Children: John, Stuart, Jennifer Thomas McGrath, Andrew.