Background
Hepburn, Davidson Lincoln was born on December 7, 1932 in Cat Island, Bahamas. Son of Ernest Samuel and Amelia Jane (Pratt) Hepburn.
Hepburn, Davidson Lincoln was born on December 7, 1932 in Cat Island, Bahamas. Son of Ernest Samuel and Amelia Jane (Pratt) Hepburn.
Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, United States, 1954-1958, Bachelor of Arts. Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States, 1960-1962, Master of Arts. University of Madrid, Spain, 1962-1963, 1965-1966, Doctor of Philosophy Comparative Literature.
Graduate Institute, Institution, Geneva, Switzerland, 1971-1972, Diploma International Relations. Spoken languages: English, Spanish, French.
Assistant Secretary Ministry of Home Affairs 1969-1970. Deputy Perm. Secretary Ministry for External Affairs 1971-1973, Under-Secretary 1973. Deputy Perm. Representative of Bahamas to United Nations, New York 1973-1978, Perm.
Representative 1978-1989. Delegate to all regular sessions of General Assembly 1974-1989, numerous special Assembly sessions. Chairman First Committee (Political and Security) United Nations since 1979.
Former Representative of Bahamas to Third United Nations Conference on Law of the Sea. Carnegie Foundation Fellow in Institute Relations and Diplomacy, Geneva 1971-1972.
Chairman music committee Bethany Reformed Church, New York City, since 1979. Returning officer elections Bahamas Government, 1972, 1977. Elder St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Nassau, since 1969.
Married Ada Mechanical Engineering Thompson, December 23, 1971. 1 child Scott.