Frederick E. Gilbert

Background

Gilbert, Frederick E. was born on May 28, 1939 in Minneapolis. Son of Eugene Lester and Anne Cecelia (Omlie) Gilbert.

Education

Bachelor, University Minnesota, 1961. Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Tufts University, 1976.

Career

Desk officer for Niger, Upper Volta, Cote d'Ivoire, Dahomey and Togo, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, 1974-1976; assistant director, United States Agency for International Development, Yaounde, Cameroon, 1976-1980; chief Africa economics policy and analysis, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, 1980-1981; director Sahel and West Africa, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, 1981-1983; principal officer, United States Agency for International Development, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1983-1986; deputy mission director, United States Agency for International Development, Khartoum, Sudan, 1986-1988; mission director, United States Agency for International Development, Khartoum, 1988-1990; regional director, United States Agency for International Development, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, 1990-1993; independent consultant, Falls Church, Virginia, 1994-1997; director, Famine Early Warning Sys., since 1998.

Achievements

• Frederick E. Gilbert has been listed as a noteworthy development planner, Africanist, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors American Friends Episcopal Church Sudan, since 2005. Member American Civil Liberties Union, American Foreign Service Association, Amnesty International, Sierra Club, World Resources Institute (policy consultative group on natural resources management for Africa 1994-1997).

Interests

• Skiing, tennis, bicycling.

Connections

Married Jane Arey, June 30, 1962. Children: Erik O., Christopher A., Peter A.

Father:

Eugene Lester Gilbert

Mother:

Anne Cecelia (Omlie) Gilbert

Spouse:

Jane Arey

child:

Peter A. Gilbert

child:

Erik O. Gilbert

child:

Christopher A. Gilbert