Background
Aggrey, Orison Rudolph was born on July 24, 1926 in Salisbury, North Carolina, United States. Son of J.E. Kwegyir and Rose Rudolph (Douglass) Aggrey.
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Aggrey, Orison Rudolph was born on July 24, 1926 in Salisbury, North Carolina, United States. Son of J.E. Kwegyir and Rose Rudolph (Douglass) Aggrey.
Bachelor of Science, Hampton Institute, 1946; Master of Science, Syracuse University, 1948; fellow Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, 1964-1965; Doctor of Laws, Livingstone College, 1977.
Publicity assistant United Negro College Fund, 1947, 50. Reporter Cleveland Call and Post, 1948-1949. Correspondent Chicago Defender, 1949.
Publicity director Bennett College, 1950. Information officer, vice consul American Consulate General, Lagos, Nigeria, 1951-1953. Assistant director United States Information Service, Lille, France, 1953-1954.
Assistant cultural affairs officer American embassy, Paris, 1954-1957. Director United States Information Service Cultural Center, 1957-1960. Deputy public affairs adviser for Africa Department State, 1961-1964.
Acting chief French branch Voice of America, 1965. 1st secretary, deputy public affairs officer American embassy, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1966-1968. Program manager Motion Picture and television Service, United States Information Agency, 1968-1970.
Director West African affairs Department State, 1970-1973. Ambassador to The Gambia and Senegal, 1973-1977. Ambassador to Romania, 1977-1981.
Career minister information, 1979. Career minister, 1981. Department State foreign affairs senior fellow, research professor diplomacy Georgetown University, Washington, 1981-1983.
Special assistant Office Analysis Soviet Union and Eastern Europe Department State, 1983-1984. International relations consultant, 1984-1987, 94—. Director Patricia Roberts Harris public affairs program Howard University, 1987-1990.
Acting director Howard University Press, 1988-1990, director, 1990-1994. Member advisory council Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
Member Society Prodigal Sons State of North Carolina, Academy Jazz Paris (honorary), Association Black American Ambassadors, Association Diplomatic Study and Training (board directors), American Academy Diplomacy (former trustee Phelps Stokes Fund, executive committee Atlantic Council), Federal City Club, Alpha Phi Alpha, Sigma Delta Chi, Alpha Kappa Mu, Sigma Pi Phi, Honorary Citizen of 6th Arrondisement of Paris, Saint Jean-Cap Ferrat, France, Cambrige, Massachusetts, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Married Francoise Fratacci, November 5, 1966. 1 daughter, Roxane Rose.