Background
Kirby, Harmon Elwood was born on January 27, 1934 in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. Son of Cecil and Julia Emma Catherine (Tucker) Kirby.
Kirby, Harmon Elwood was born on January 27, 1934 in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. Son of Cecil and Julia Emma Catherine (Tucker) Kirby.
AB, Harvard University, 1952. Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1977.
With personnel and labor relations Diamond National Corporation, Middletown, Ohio, 1959-1960. Executive assistant to executive vice president Hudson Pulp and Paper Company, New York City, 1960-1961. Joined Foreign Service, Department State, 1961.
Vice consul United States Mission, Geneva, 1961-1963, United States Consulate General, Madras, India, 1964-1966. International relations officer Department State, 1966-1969. Political officer United States Embassy, New Delhi, 1969-1972, Micronesia Status Negotiations, 1973.
Turkish desk officer Department of State, 1974-1976, director Pakistan/Afghanistan/Bangladesh affairs Washington, 1982-1984, director United Nations political affairs, 1987-1989, director, performance evaluation, 1989-1990. Political counselor United States Mission European Communities, Brussels, 1976-1979. Counselor, deputy chief of mission United States Embassy, Khartoum, 1979-1981, minister-counselor deputy chief of mission Rabat, Morocco, 1984-1987.
Senior seminar National and International Affairs, Washington, 1981-1982. Ambassador to Togo, 1990-1994. Retired, 1995
With State Department, Washington, since 1996.
Board directors International Eye Foundation. Fellow: Tangier American Legation Museum Society. Member: American Foreign Service Association, Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Françoise Rolande Chatelain, December 26, 1963. Children: Caroline Patricia, Christopher Harmon.