Background
Thayer, Harry Elstner Talbott was born on September 10, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frederick Morris and Eliza Thruston (Talbott) Thayer.
Thayer, Harry Elstner Talbott was born on September 10, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frederick Morris and Eliza Thruston (Talbott) Thayer.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1951.
Assistant to chairman board Alaska Airlines, New York City, 1951-1952. Writer, researcher Newsweek Magazine, 1952-1954. Reporter Philadelphia Bulletin, 1954-1956.
Foreign service officer Department State, posts include Hong Kong, Taipei, Taiwan, Beijing, China, United States Mission to United Nations (New York ). United States ambassador to Republic of Singapore, 1980-1984. Director American Institute in Taiwan, Taipei, 1984-1986.
Dean school language studies Foreign Service Institute, Department State, Washington, since 1987.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946. Member American Foreign Service Association.
Married Joan Pirie, December 8, 1952. Children: Robert P., Marian M., Nathaniel T., Margaret P. Married Edith Gammack Browne, July 5, 1977.
Stepchildren: Olin D. Browne, Luis F. V. Browne, Jeremy Browne.