Background
Ezelle, Robert Eugene was born on December 5, 1927 in Mattoon, Illinois, United States. Son of Zonner Robert and Nina Leora (Smith) Ezelle.
Ezelle, Robert Eugene was born on December 5, 1927 in Mattoon, Illinois, United States. Son of Zonner Robert and Nina Leora (Smith) Ezelle.
Student, University Southern California, 1947-1949; student, University Bonn, 1954-1956; student, University Munich, 1956-1957; Doctor of Philosophy, University Vienna, 1960; Master of Science (Sloan fellow), Stanford Graduate School Business, 1977; honorary Doctor, National U., 1981.
Instructor, Bonn, Munich and Vienna, 1954-1960; director, language school, San Mateo, California, 1960-1961; joined, United States Foreign Service, 1961; international relations officer, State Department, Washington, 1961-1962; staff assistant, Foreign Service Institute, 1962-1963; assigned, Hong Kong, 1963-1965; assigned, Bern, Switzerland, 1965-1969; assigned, Naples, Italy, 1969-1972; chief consular affairs section, American Embassy, Bonn, 1972-1975; international relations officer, State Department, Washington, 1975-1976; deputy consul general, American Embassy, London, 1977-1980; consul general, Tijuana, Mexico, 1980-1984; consul general, American Embassy, Paris, 1984-1988; consul general, American Embassy, Haiti, 1988-1990; consultant, international trade, since 1990.
Served with United States Air Force, 1949-1953.
Married Lesly Marion Hopkins, April 30, 1955. Children: Robert, Lesley, John, Paul.