Background
Hart, Parker Thompson was born on September 28, 1910 in Medford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Parker Hart and Ella Louisa Thompson.
business consultant and diplomatist
Hart, Parker Thompson was born on September 28, 1910 in Medford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Parker Hart and Ella Louisa Thompson.
Bachelor, Dartmouth College, 1933. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1935. Diploma, Graduate Institute International Studies, Geneva, 1936.
Postgraduate, National War College, Washington, 1951. HHD (honorary), Monterrey Institute Foreign Studies, 1974. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Elmira College, 1975.
Vice consul, consultate general General Consulat, Vienna, Germany, 1938-1939. Vice consul Consulate, Pará, Brazil, 1940-1943. Deputy, principal officer American Legation, Cairo, 1944, opened consultate Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1944.
Consulate, Saudi Arabia, 1944. Planning officer United States Department State, Washington, 1946-1949. Consul general Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1949-1951.
Director Near East Affairs, Washington, 1952-1955. Deputy chief mission United States Embassy, Cairo, 1955-1958. Minister, consul general United States Consulate General, Damascus, 1958.
Deputy assistant secretary Department State, Washington, 1958-1960. United States minister to Yemen, 1961-1962. 1st United States ambassador to Kuwait, 1962-1963.
United States ambassador to Ankara, 1965-1968. United States ambassador to Jidda, 1961-1965. Assistant secretary state, 1968-1969.
Retired, 1969; president Middle East Institute, Washington, 1969-1973, president emeritus, from 1973, also board directors. Consultant to various business firms including Bechtel Group, Inc., since 1973. Lecturer, writer on diplomatic history of Middle East.
God gives us the Holy Spirit, and when we respond, there is no limit to what the grace of God is able to do in a human life.
Working in partnership with different Christian denominations allows influencing public policy more effectively.
The very idea that one gender is superior to another should be rejected as well as the erroneous notion that members of one gender may receive love, power, and esteem only at the expense of another.
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.
Married Jane Constance Smiley, April 23, 1949. Children: Margaret Alice, Judith Ella.