Background
Keeley, Robert Vossler was born on September 4, 1929 in Beirut. Son of James Hugh and Mathilde Julia (Vossler) Keeley.
academic administrator ambassador
Keeley, Robert Vossler was born on September 4, 1929 in Beirut. Son of James Hugh and Mathilde Julia (Vossler) Keeley.
AB, Princeton University, 1951. Postgraduate, Princeton University, 1953. Postgraduate (Princeton fellow in public affairs), 1971.
Postgraduate (National Institute Public Affairs fellow), Stanford University, 1966.
With Foreign Service, Department State, Washington, 1956-1989. Officer in charge Congo (Leopoldville) external affairs, 1963-1964. Officer-in-charge Congo (Brazzaville), Rwanda and Burundi affairs, 1964-1965.
Political officer Athens Greece, 1966-1970. Detailed Woodrow Wilson fellow Princeton University, 1970. Deputy chief mission Kampala, Uganda, 1971-1973.
Alternate director E. African affairs Washington, 1974. Deputy chief mission Phnom Penh, Khmer Republic, 1974-1975. Deputy director Interagency Task Force for Indochina Refugees, 1975-1976.
Ambassador Mauritius, 1976-1978. Deputy assistant secretary for African Affairs Department State, Washington, 1978-1980. Ambassador to Zimbabwe, 1980-1984.
Senior fellow Center for Study Foreign Affairs, Foreign Service Institute, Washington, 1984-1985. Ambassador to Greece, 1985-1989. President Middle East Institute, Washington, 1990-1995.
Writer, lecturer, consultant.
Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Coast Guard Reserve, 1953-1955. Member American Foreign Service Association, Washington Institute Foreign Affairs, American Academy Diplomacy, Cosmos Club.
Married Louise Schoonmaker, June 23, 1951. Children: Michal M., Christopher J.