Roger Kirk

Background

Kirk, Roger was born on November 2, 1930 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Alan Goodrich and Lydia Selden (Chapin) Kirk.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1952; postgraduate, Johns Hopkins University School Advanced International Studies, 1953.

Career

Joined, Foreign Service, 1955; administrative assistant, American embassy, Moscow, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1949-1950, 51; member of staff, Executive Secretariat, Department State, Washington, 1955-1957; staff assistant, Office Secretary State, 1960-1961; staff assistant, Office Soviet Affairs, 1962-1963; political officer, Rome, Italy, 1957-1959; political officer, Moscow, 1963-1965; political officer, New Delhi, India, 1965-1967; political officer, Saigon, Vietnam, 1968-1969; international relations officer, Bureau East Asian Affairs, 1969-1971; assigned, Senior Seminar, 1971-1972; deputy assistant director, International Relations Bureau, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1972-1973; ambassador to, Somalia, Mogadiscio, 1973-1975; deputy director, Bureau Intelligence and Research, Department State, 1975-1978; resident representative, United States Mission to International Atomic Energy Agency, 1978-1983; permanent United States representative to, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, 1980-1983; senior deputy assistant secretary, Bureau International Organisation Affairs, Department State, 1983-1985; United States ambassador to Romania, Bucharest, 1985-1989; diplomat-in-residence, Georgetown University, Washington, 1989-1990.

Membership

Served to lieutenant United States Air Force, 1952-1955.

Connections

Married Madeleine Elizabeth Yaw, April 20, 1954. Children: Marian, Sarah Kirk Love, Julia Kirk Thompson, Alan.

Father:

Alan Goodrich Kirk

Mother:

Lydia Selden (Chapin) Kirk

Spouse:

Madeleine Elizabeth Yaw

child:

Alan Kirk

child:

Marian Kirk

child:

Julia Kirk Thompson Kirk

child:

Sarah Kirk Love Kirk