Background
King, Robert Ray was born on June 8, 1942 in Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States. Son of Edward Cecil and Elinor Marie (Smith) King.
King, Robert Ray was born on June 8, 1942 in Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States. Son of Edward Cecil and Elinor Marie (Smith) King.
Bachelor, Brigham Young University, 1966. Master of Arts, Fletcher School Law & Diplomacy, 1967. Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, Fletcher School Law & Diplomacy, 1968.
Doctor of Philosophy, Fletcher School Law & Diplomacy, 1970.
He was nominated in September 2009 by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate in November 2009, to serve as United States special envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues, an ambassadorial ranked position. King is a native of Wyoming. While working for Radio Free Europe in Germany, he proposed returning the Holy Crown of Hungary to Hungary to help improve relations with that nation in a mock memo as part of his application to work in a White House Fellow for the Carter Administration.
Upon being accepted, doing so became part of his responsibilities.
King is the author of five books and some 40 articles on international relations topics.
(Book by King, Robert R.)
Someday, like everyone else, physical body will die. But spirit does not die, it goes to the spirit world, where it will continue to learn and progress and may be with loved ones who have passed on.
Earlier he was Assistant Director of Research at Radio Free Europe in Munich, Germany, and as a White House Fellow (National Security staff), a member of the National Security Council Staff in the Carter Administration. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Married Kay Atkinson, December 30, 1969. Children: Nathan Aktinson, James Robert, Daniel Edward.