Sally Grooms Cowal

Background

Cowal, Sally Grooms was born on August 24, 1944 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Daughter of James Joseph and Virginia Richmond (Colborn) Smerz.

Education

Bachelor, De Pauw University, 1966. Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1969.

Career

Foreign service United States Information Agency and State Department, Washington, 1966-1971. Special assistant United States Information Service, New Delhi, 1971-1973. Director Centro Colombo Americano, Bogota, Colombia, 1973-1978.

Cultural attache United States Embassy, Tel Aviv, 1978-1982. Director international youth exchange United States Information Service, Washington, 1982-1983. Political counselor United States Mission-United Nations, New York, 1983-1985.

Minister-counselor United States Embassy, Mexico City, 1985-1989. Deputy assistant secretary State Department, Washington, 1989-1991. Ambassador United States Embassy, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 1991-1994.

Director external relations Jointed United Nations Programme on Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 1995-1999. President Youth for Understanding International Exchange, Washington, 1999—2002. Senior vice president Population Services International, since 2002.

Achievements

• Sally Grooms Cowal has been listed as a noteworthy Diplomat by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee DePauw University. Board directors Tinker Foundation. Member Council on Foreign Relations, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: swimming, golf, art collecting.

Connections

Married Thomas B. Grooms, August 26, 1967 (divorced January 1979). Married Anthony Charles Cowal, November 26, 1987 (deceased May 1995). Married Robert L. Muse, November 2, 2002.

Father:

James Joseph Smerz

Mother:

Virginia Richmond (Colborn) Smerz

Spouse:

Thomas B. Grooms

Spouse:

Anthony Charles Cowal

child:

Alexandra Cowal

child:

Gregory Cowal

child:

J. Kirsten Cowal