Background
Keene, Douglas Ralph was born on August 14, 1944 in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ralph Edward and Margaret Harriet (Robinson) Keene.
Keene, Douglas Ralph was born on August 14, 1944 in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ralph Edward and Margaret Harriet (Robinson) Keene.
Student, Fisk University, 1965. Bachelor, Colby College, 1966.
Office auditor, Internal Revenue Service, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1966-1967; foreign service officer, unites states department of State, 1967; district senior advisor, Hoa Tan, Go Cong, Vietnam, 1968-1970; consular officer, American Embassy, Warsaw, Poland, 1971-1973; consular officer, American Embassy, Karachi, Pakistan, 1973-1975; with Bureau Political and Military Affairs, Office Security Assistance and Sales Department State, Washington, 1975-1978; deputy director, Office Security Assistance and Sales Department State, Washington, 1978-1980; political military affairs officer, American Embassy, Cairo, 1980-1982; deputy political counselor, American Embassy, Cairo, 1982-1983; deputy principal officer, American Consulate General, Jerusalem, 1983-1986; deputy chief mission, American Embassy, Muscat, Oman, 1986-1989; member senior seminar Foreign Svc. Institute, Department State, Washington, 1989-1990; director Arabian Peninsula Affairs, Department State, Washington, 1990-1991; deputy chief mission, American Embassy, Amman, Jordan, 1991-1994; deputy chief mission, Center for National Security Studies, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1994-1995; Historian's office, Department State, Washington, since 1995. Senior advisor Near East Asian Issues, United Nations General Assemblies 50 and 51, 1995-1996.
Married Beth Ann Adams, March 27, 1965. Children: Garrett, Sterling.