Henry Allen Holmes

Background

Holmes, Henry Allen was born on January 31, 1933 in Bucharest, Rumania, (parents American citizens). Son of Julius Cecil and Henrietta (Allen) Holmes.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1954. Certificat d"etudes politiques (Woodrow Wilson fellow) U.Paris, 1958.

Career

Intelligence research analyst Department State, 1958-1959. Commissioned foreign service officer Department State, 1959. Assigned to American embassy, Yaounde, Cameroun, 1959-1961, Department State, Washington, 1961-1963, 67-70, American embassy, Rome, 1963-1967, counselor political affairs American Embassy, Paris, 1970-1974.

Senior executive Seminar in Foreign Policy, Washington, 1974-1975.

Assigned as director Office North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Atlantic political military affairs Bureau European Affairs, Washington, 1975-1977. Deputy chief of missionU.S. embassy, Rome, 1977-1979.

Principal deputy assistant secretary state for European affairs, Washington, 1979-1982. Ambassador to Portugal, 1982-1985.

Assistant secretary Bureau Politico Military Affairs, unites states department State, Washington, 1986-1989.

Ambassador at large for burdensharing, 1989-1993, assistant secretary defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict, 1993.

Achievements

• Henry Allen Holmes has been listed as a noteworthy government official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as captain United States Marine Corps, 1954-1957. Member American Foreign Service Association, Council Foreign Relations, American Academy Diplomacy, Washington Institute Foreign Affairs, Metro Club (Washington).

Connections

Married Marilyn Janet Strauss, July 25, 1959. Children: Katherine Anne, Gerald Allen.

Father:

Julius Cecil Holmes

Mother:

Henrietta (Allen) Holmes

Spouse:

Marilyn Janet Strauss

child:

Katherine Anne Holmes

child:

Gerald Allen Holmes