Background
Simons, Thomas W. was born on September 4, 1938 in Crosby, Minnesota, United States.
Simons, Thomas W. was born on September 4, 1938 in Crosby, Minnesota, United States.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1958; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1963.
Joined, Foreign Svc., Department State, 1963;
secretary delegate, technical secretary, United States Delaware to 6th round trade negotiation in General Agreement of Tariff and Trades, 1964-1967;
consular officer, political officer, American Embassy, Warsaw, Poland, 1968-1971;
Council on Foreign Rels. fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford, California, 1971-1972;
international relations officer, Bureau Politico-Military Affairs, 1972-1974;
member policy planning staff, Bureau Politico-Military Affairs, 1974-1975;
chief external reporting unit, political section, American Embassy, Moscow, 1975-1977;
deputy chief of mission, American Embassy, Bucharest, Romania, 1977-1979;
counselor for political affairs, American Embassy, London, 1979-1981;
director for Soviet Union affairs, Department State, 1981-1985;
member, Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy, 1985-1986;
deputy assistant secretary for European and Canada affairs, Department State, 1986-1989;
diplomat-in-residence, adjunct professor of history, Brown U., Providence, 1989-1990;
ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, Poland, 1990-1993. Coordinator United States assistance to new independent states of former Soviet Union, Washington, 1993-1995. Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, Pakistan, 1995-1998.
Consultant professor of history Stanford University, distinguished visiting fellow Hoover,1998-.
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Married; 2 children.