Background
Chapin, Frederic Lincoln was born on July 13, 1929 in New York City. Son of Selden and Mary Paul (Noyes) Chapin.
Chapin, Frederic Lincoln was born on July 13, 1929 in New York City. Son of Selden and Mary Paul (Noyes) Chapin.
Graduate, St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H., 1946; student, Stanford University, 1948-1949; Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1950.
Economics analyst, ECA, Paris, 1950-1952; joined, United States Foreign Service, 1952; assigned, Vienna, Austria, 1952-1955; assigned, State Department, 1956-1959; assigned, State Department, Managua, Nicaragua, 1959-1961; charge d'affaires American embassy, Fort Lamy, Chad, 1961; assigned, State Department, 1962-1963; special assistant to under-secretary for political affairs, 1963-1965; executive secretary, Agency for International Development, 1965-1966; Foreign Service examiner, 1966-1967; Foreign Service inspector, 1967; country director for, Bolivia and Chile, 1968-1970; deputy assistant secretary for management for, Latin American, 1970-1972; consul general, São Paulo, Brazil, 1972-1978; United States ambassador to, Ethiopia, 1978-1980; deputy assistant secretary, Department Defense, 1980-1981; chargé d'affaires, American Embassy, San Salvador, El Salvador, 1981; ambassador to, Guatemala, 1981-1984; senior inspector, Department State, 1984-1988.
Member American Foreign Service Protective Association (secretary-treasurer 1970-1971), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Cornelia Bonner Clarke, August 2, 1952. Children– John Clarke Noyes, Anne Cornelia, Grace Selden, Edith Clarke.