Parker Thompson T. Hart

Background

Hart, Parker Thompson was born on September 28, 1910 in Medford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Parker Hart and Ella Louisa Thompson.

Education

Bachelor, Dartmouth College, 1933; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1935; diploma, Graduate Institute International Studies, Geneva, 1936; postgraduate, National War College, Washington, 1949-1951; HHD (honorary), Monterrey Institute Foreign Studies, 1974; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Elmira College, 1975.

Career

Parker Thompson "Pete" (1910–1997) was a United States diplomat. He received a Bachelor from Dartmouth College in 1933, an Master of Arts from Harvard University in 1935, and a diploma from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva in 1936. After completing his studies, joined the United States Foreign Service.

His first posting was in Vienna in 1938, the year of the Anschluss.

He was posted to Brazil from 1942 to 1949. In 1949, opened the United States. consulate in Dhahran, the site of Saudi Arabia"s newly discovered oilfields. was posted to Washington, District of Columbia in 1952, as Director of the Office of Near East Affairs.

He returned to the field in 1955 as Deputy Chief of Mission in Cairo. He was briefly consul general in Damascus in 1958.

Later in 1958, he returned to the United States. to serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near East and South Asian Affairs.

In 1961, President of the United States John F. Kennedy named United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Ambassador presented his credentials on July 22, 1961 and served there until his credentials were terminated on May 29, 1965. He was concurrently United States Ambassador to North Yemen from October 1, 1961 to September 27, 1962, and the first United States Ambassador to Kuwait from 1962 to 1963.

President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs in 1965 and held this office from October 14, 1968 until February 4, 1969.

He was the first assistant secretary capable of speaking the Arabic language. He was replaced when Richard Nixon took power and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger moved United States. foreign policy in the region in a more pro-Israel direction. then spent several months as Director of the Foreign Service Institute, before resigning from the United States Department of State later in 1969. served as President of the Middle East Institute from 1969 to 1973.

He then worked as a special representative and consultant for Bechtel from 1973 to 1990. He retired in 1990 and would go on to publish two books of memoirs In retirement, lived in Washington, District of Columbia, where he died on October 15, 1997.

He was 87 years old Books by.

Achievements

• Parker Thompson Hart has been listed as a noteworthy United States diplomat, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Saudi Arabia and the United States: Birth of a Security Partnership (Adst-Dacor Diplomats and Diplomacy Series)

    ( "... a unique historical document about one of the key ...)

Membership

Middle East Institute. Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University. Council on Foreign Relations (Newr York), Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs, Board of Governors (Emeritus), The Middle East Institute.

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, bird-watching.

Connections

Married Jane Constance Smiley, April 23, 1949. Children: Margaret Alice, Judith Ella.

Father:

William Parker Hart

Mother:

Ella Louisa Thompson

Spouse:

Jane Constance Smiley

child:

Judith Ella Hart

child:

Margaret Alice Hart