Background
Johnson, Keith was born on July 29, 1921 in Spanish Town, Saint Catherine, Jamaica. Son of Septimus A. and Emily Johnson.
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Keith Johnson
Edit ProfileJamaican ambassador to the United States
Keith Johnson, Jamaican ambassador to United States. Chairman preparatory committee, rapporteur-general United Nations Conference Human Environmental; Member of West Indian Students Association (president 1954-1957, chairman advisory committee since 1958), Society Foreign Consuls, Institute of Science Study Population, 369th Veterans' Association (honorary).
Education
Graduate, Kingston College, Jamaica, 1937. Postgraduate in demography, Columbia University, 1950—1951.
Career
With Jamaica Civil Service, 1939-1948, statistician, 1942-1948. Research assistant Bureau Applied Social Research, Columbia University, 1948-1949. Professional trainee various positions, then social affairs officer United Nations population branch, department social and economics affairs United Nations, 1949-1962.
Formerly consul general for Jamaica in the United States.
Jamaica"s permanent representative to United Nations, 1967-1973. Non-resident ambassador to Republic of Argentina, 1969-1973.
Ambassador to West Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands, 1973-1981. Non-resident ambassador to Israel, 1975-1981, to the Holy See, 1980-1985.
Ambassador to the United States, Washington, 1981— and permanent representative to Organization of American States, since 1981.
Chairman preparatory committee, rapporteur-general UNConf. on Human Environmental.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman preparatory committee, rapporteur-general United Nations Conference Human Environmental. Member of West Indian Students Association (president 1954-1957, chairman advisory committee since 1958), Society Foreign Consuls, Institute of Science Study Population, 369th Veterans' Association (honorary).
Interests
Connections
Married Pamela B. Rodgers. Children: Hope and Marie (twins).
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Born
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Nationality
Jamaican
Education
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1937
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Awards
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Recipient Jamaica Indiana medal, 1963. International Relations award United States and City College chapter West Indian Students Association, 1963. Human Relations award West Indian Cultural Society, Boston, 1965.tempSpaceHumanitarian award West Indian Celebration Committee, 1966. Franklin Mint Peace medal, 1967. Grand marshall Martin Luther King Junior Memorial DayParade, 1968.tempSpaceCommander Order of Distinction, Jamaica, 1970. Grand Cross, Federal Republic Germany, 1981. Grand Cross, Luxembourg, 1981.tempSpaceGrand Cross, Order of Pius IX, Vatican, 1983. Order of Jamaica, 1983.Recipient Jamaica Indiana medal, 1963. International Relations award United States and City College chapter West Indian Students Association, 1963. Human Relations award West Indian Cultural Society, Boston, 1965.tempSpaceHumanitarian award West Indian Celebration Committee, 1966.
Franklin Mint Peace medal, 1967. Grand marshall Martin Luther King Junior Memorial DayParade, 1968.tempSpaceCommander Order of Distinction, Jamaica, 1970. Grand Cross, Federal Republic Germany, 1981.
Grand Cross, Luxembourg, 1981.tempSpaceGrand Cross, Order of Pius IX, Vatican, 1983. Order of Jamaica, 1983.