Background
Ely-Raphel was born in 1937 to Margaret Merritt Halliday and Thomas Clarkson Halliday.
Ely-Raphel was born in 1937 to Margaret Merritt Halliday and Thomas Clarkson Halliday.
She graduated from Syracuse University in New York and attended the University of Wurzburg in Würzburg, Germany.
Deputy city attorney City of San Diego, 1969—1970. Assistant United States attorney Southern District California, 1970—1971. Associate Tyler, Cooper, Grant, Bowerman and Keefe, New Haven, 1971—1972.
From assistant to associate dean School Law Boston University, 1972—1975. Attorney-advisor United States Department State, Washington, 1975—1977. Special attorney Boston Strike Force United States Department Justice, 1977—1978.
Assistant legal advisor African Affairs United States Department State, Washington, 1978—1987, assistant legal advisor Nuclear Affairs, 1988—1989. Deputy assistant Secretary of State Bureau Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Affairs, 1878—1883, principal deputy assistant, 1993—1995. Balkan coordinator Bureau European and Canada Affairs, 1995—1998.
United States ambassador to Slovenia, American Embassy, Ljubljana, 1998—2001, senior advisor to secretary, 2001—2003. Counselor on international law, 2003. Vice president Save the Children, Washington, since 2003.
She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a resident of the District of Columbia.
Daughter of Thomas Clarkson and Margaret (Merritt) Halliday. Widowed; children: John Duff Ely, Robert Duff Ely, Stephanie Joyce Raphel.