Donald Boyd Easum

Education

Bachelor, University of Wisconsin, 1947; Master of Public Administration, Princeton University, 1950; Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1953.

Career

Teacher, 1947-1948; newspaper reporter, 1949; independent research, London, 1950-1951; independent research, Buenos Aires, 1951-1952; with, unites states department of State, 1953-1979; personnel officer, Washington, 1953-1954; economics-labor officer, Nicaragua, 1955-1957; consultant, economics officer, Indonesia, 1957-1959; executive secretariat, Washington, 1959-1961; executive secretary, International Cooperation Administration, 1961; executive secretary, Agency for International Development, 1962-1963; political officer, Senegal, Gambia, Port Guinea, 1963-1966; counsellor, deputy chief mission, Niger, 1966-1968; senior seminary in foreign policy, Foreign Svc. Institute, Washington, 1968-1969; staff director interdepartmental group for Latin American, Foreign Svc. Institute, Washington, 1969-1971; ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Upper Volta, 1971-1974; assistant secretary state for African affairs, 1974-1975; ambassador to Nigeria,, 1975-1979; president, African-American Institute, New York City, 1980-1988.

Lecturer Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1991. Director World Space Foundation, Washington.

Achievements

• Donald Boyd Easum has been listed as a noteworthy institute executive, consultant, educator, diplomat by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee The Rothko Chapel, Houston, American School in Tangier. Director Renewable Energy for African Development, Washington, Friends of Boys Town South Africa. Vice president Global Business Access, Ltd., Washington.

Member Corporation Council for Africa, Washington.

Connections

M. Augusta Pentecost (deceased).