Background
Shurtleff, Leonard Grant was born on June 4, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Leonard Francis and Mary Frances (Cornish) Shurtleff.
Shurtleff, Leonard Grant was born on June 4, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Leonard Francis and Mary Frances (Cornish) Shurtleff.
Bachelor in History cum laude, Tufts U., 1962; student, Maxwell School, Syracuse, New York, 1962; student African Areas Studies, University of Chicago, 1969-1970.
With foreign service, Department State, 1962-1995; foreign service officer general, American Embassy, Caracas, Venezuela., 1963-1965; political officer, American Embassy, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1965-1967; intelligence analyst, Bureau Intelligence and Research, Department State, Washington, 1967-1969; principal officer, United States Consulate, Douala, Cameroon, 1970-1972; deputy chief of mission, American Embassy, Nouakchott, Mauritania, 1972-1974; special assistant to ambassador, American Embassy, Bogota, Colombia, 1975-1977; alternate director, Office of Inter-African Affairs, Washington, 1977-1979; deputy director, Office Center Africa Affairs, Washington, 1979-1981; deputy executive director, Bureau African Affairs, Washington, 1981-1983; deputy chief of mission (minister counselor), American Embassy, Monrovia, Liberia, 1983-1986; member, Senior Seminary on National and International Affairs, Department State, Washington, 1986-1987; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, American Embassy, Brazzaville, Peoples Republic of Congo, 1987-1990; coordinator for management projects, Office Undersec. for Management, Department State, Washington, 1990-1993; director office regional affairs, bureau of African Affairs, Department State, Washington, 1993-1994.
Member World Affairs Council, United States Naval Institute, American Foreign Service Association, Western Front Association (board directors), Order of DeMolay, Alpha Tau Omega.
Married Christine Morrissette, December 8, 1967.