Education
In 1975 he graduated cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School and was admitted to the bar in Wisconsin (and to the New York bar in 1979). He is a "distinguished graduate" of the National War College (1996).
In 1975 he graduated cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School and was admitted to the bar in Wisconsin (and to the New York bar in 1979). He is a "distinguished graduate" of the National War College (1996).
Ambassador Lange retired from the Foreign Service in February 2009 and currently works for the Global Health Program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Prior to retirement, John served in the United States. Department of State as the Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, Deputy Inspector General, Deputy Global Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Coordinator, and Associate Dean for Leadership and Management at the Foreign Service Institute. Earlier, he served as United States. Ambassador to Botswana.
As Chargé d"Affaires, he led the American Embassy in Dar es Salaam at the time of the terrorist bombing on August 7, 1998.
