Background
Evans, John Marshall was born on May 16, 1948 in Newport News, Virginia, United States. Son of Frank Brooke and Margaret Aumont Evans.
Evans, John Marshall was born on May 16, 1948 in Newport News, Virginia, United States. Son of Frank Brooke and Margaret Aumont Evans.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1970; postgraduate, Columbia University.
Joined Foreign Service, Department State, 1971. Vice consul, aide to ambassador American Embassy, Tehran, Iran, 1971-1974, political officer Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1975-1978, Moscow, 1981-1983. Staff officer Department State, Washington, 1978-1979, special assistant to secretaries of state Cyrus Vance and Edmund Muskie, 1979-1980, deputy director Office Soviet Union Affairs, 1986-1989.
Politico-military officer United States Mission to North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels, 1983-1986. Cox fellow, guest scholar Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, Washington, 1989-1990. Coordinator European bureau Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1990-1991.
Deputy chief mission American Embassy, Prague, 1991-1994. Consul general United States Consulate General, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1994-1997. Ambassador to Moldova, head Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe mission Chisinau, 1997—1999.
Director Office of Analysis for Russia & Eurasia United States Department State, 1999—2002, director Office Russian Affairs, 2002—2004, United States ambassador to Armenia, 2004—2006. Deputy head United States delegations to Bonn Conference on Economic Cooperation, Copenhagen Conference on Human Dimension of Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Valletta Meeting of Experts on the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes, Krakow meeting on European Cultural Heritage, 1990-1991. Deputy executive secretary New York Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Ministerial Meeting, 1990.
Married Donna Chamberlain. 1 child, Jennifer.