Donald Richard Norland

Background

Norland, Donald Richard was born on June 14, 1924 in Laurens, Iowa, United States. Son of Norman and Aletta (Brunsvold) Norland.

Education

Student, Iowa State Teachers College, 1941-1943; student, N.W. Missouri State Teachers College, 1943-1944; Bachelor, University of Minnesota, 1948; Master of Science, University of Minnesota, 1950; postgraduate, University of Michigan, 1951-1952; postgraduate, Grenoble (France) U., 1948-1949.

Career

Instructor history and political science, U. Northern Iowa, 1949-1951; teaching fellow, University of Michigan, 1951-1952; with, Foreign Svc., unites states department State, 1952-1981; posts include, Rabat, Morocco, 1952-1956; posts include, Washington, 1956-1958; posts include, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 1958-1960; member, North Atlantic Treaty Organization delegate, Paris, 1961-1963; member, North Atlantic Treaty Organization delegation, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1964-1969; deputy chief mission, Conakry, Guinea, 1970-1972; unites states department State fellow, Stanford (California) U., 1969-1970; deputy director, Office Military Assistance and Sales, Bureau Politico-Military Affairs, Department State, Washington, 1972-1973; chief political officers counseling branch Office Pers., Office Military Assistance and Sales, Bureau Politico-Military Affairs, Department State, Washington, 1973-1975; deputy director, Office Management Operations, 1975-1976; ambassador to Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland, Gaborone, Botswana, 1976-1979; ambassador to Chad, 1979-1981; retired, Foreign Svc., unites states department State, 1981; lecturer, African affairs international consultant, specialist economics development. Chairman African studies Foreign Svc. Institute of unites states department of State, Washington, 1987-1989.

Program director Center for International Private Enterprise affiliate United States Chamber of Commerce, Washington, 1990-1991. Senior consultant World Space, Inc., 1995, senior policy advisor, since 1996.

Achievements

• Donald Richard Norland has been listed as a noteworthy foreign service officer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Calvert New Africa Fund, 1995. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Foreign Service Association (vice president for retirees 1993-1995, secretary 1995-1997, member editorial board Foreign Service Journal 1992-1995), World Space Foundation (president 1997-1998).

Connections

Married Patricia Bamman, December 13, 1952. Children: Richard Boyce, David, Patricia D.

Father:

Norman Norland

Mother:

Aletta (Brunsvold) Norland

Spouse:

Patricia Bamman

child:

Richard Boyce Norland

child:

David Norland

child:

Patricia D. Norland