Background
Rawson, David P. was born on September 10, 1941 in Addison, Michigan, United States.
Rawson, David P. was born on September 10, 1941 in Addison, Michigan, United States.
Bachelor, Malone College. Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, American University.
Joined, Foreign Svc., 1971; assistant for Zaire, desk officer for Rwanda and Burundi, Department State, 1971-1972; political officer, Department State, Kigali, Rwanda, 1973-1975; political officer, Department State, Bamako, Mali, 1975-1978; chief political section, Dakar, Senegal, 1978; special assistant for trade and development Pearson Fellowship Program, Trumbull County Commissioners, Warren, Ohio. deputy chief of mission, Antananarivo, Madagascar, 1983-1985; deputy chief of mission, Mogadishu, Somalia, 1986-1988; fellow Woodrow Wilson School Public Affairs, Princeton University director Office West African Affairs, Department State, 1989-1990; senior fellow, Center for Study Foreign Affairs, 1991-1992; advisor Council on Foreign Diplomacy's Executive Exchange Program, Mobil South, Inc., 1993; ambassador to Rwanda, Kigali, since 1993.
Member African Studies Association, Mande Studies Association, Lenawee County Farm Bureau, American Foreign Service Association.
Married Sandra Miller. 2 children.