Background
Goldthwait was born in Georgia in 1949.
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Christopher Goldthwait
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He graduated from Harvard University and later joined the United States. Foreign Service.
Career
He was the United States Ambassador to Chad from 1999 to 2004. He was raised in Illinois, New York, and California. Goldthwait"s parents are Elizabeth Virginia Benefield Goldthwait (born c 1918, died August 16, 2002) and John T. Goldthwait.
Agriculture
He served in many agricultural duties and was in the Foreign Agricultural Service (Fetal alcohol syndrome) for many of his posts.
He worked at the United States Department of Agriculture from 1973 to 1978. From 1978 to 1982, he worked in Bonn, Germany as a staff member for the Fetal alcohol syndrome. He served Fetal alcohol syndrome positions in Lagos, Nigeria as Chief of the Fetal alcohol syndrome office there from 1982 to 1986, and in Washington District of Columbia as Deputy Director of the Grains Division from 1986 to 1988, Deputy Assistant Administrator for International Statistics in 1988, Assistant Administrator for Export Credits/Acting General Sales Manager from 1988 to 1993, and as General Sales Manager for Export Credits from 1993 to 1999.
Ambassador
On July 7, 1999, Goldthwait was nominated by President Bill Clinton to be the United States Ambassador to Chad. He was confirmed on October 10, 1999, and remained in that post until January 16, 2004, when he was succeeded by Marc M. Wall.
