Background
Vance, Sheldon Baird was born on January 18, 1917 in Crookston, Minnesota, United States. Son of Erskine Ward and Helen (Baird) Vance.
Vance, Sheldon Baird was born on January 18, 1917 in Crookston, Minnesota, United States. Son of Erskine Ward and Helen (Baird) Vance.
Carleton College, Northfield, MN, 1939, Bachelor of Arts. Harvard Law School, 1942, Bachelor of Laws. Spoken languages: English, French, Portuguese.
Practiced in, Boston, 1942; associate firm, Ropes, Gray, Best, Coolidge & Rugg joined, Foreign Service. Economics analyst, 3d secretary American embassy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1942-1946; United States vice consul, Nice, France and Monaco, 1946-1949; United States consul, Martinique, West Indies, 1949-1951; Swiss Desk officer, 1951-1952; Belgium-Luxemburg desk officer, Department State, Washington, 1952-1954; 1st secretary, American embassy, Brussels, Belgium, 1954-1958; chief personnel placement branch, Africa, Middle East and South Asia, 1958-1960; student, Senior Seminar in Foreign Relations, 1960-1961; director, Office Central African Affairs, 1961-1962; deputy chief mission, American embassy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1962-1966; senior foreign service inspector, 1966-1967; United States ambassador to, Republic of Chad, 1967-1969; United States ambassador to, to Republic of Zaire, Kinshasa, 1969-1974; promoted to rank of career minister, 1971; senior adviser to secretary state, coordinator international narcotics matters, also executive director, President's Cabinet Committee on International Narcotics Control, Department State, 1974-1977; partner, Vance, Joyce, Carbaugh and Fields, Washington, 1977-1987; of counsel, Vance, Joyce, Carbaugh & Fields, Washington, 1987-1989; board directors, Sun Company Inc., 1977-1987.
Vice-chairman Mayor's Advisory Committee on Drug Abuse, Washington, 1980-1991. Member committee of four international experts advising United Nations Conference on Narcotic Drugs, 1987. Keynote speaker Western Hemisphere Conference on Narcotic Drugs Inter Parliamentary Union, Carcas, Venezuela, 1987.
Member Foreign Service Association, DACOR, Columbia Country Club (Chevy Chase, Maryland).
Married Jean Chambers, December 28, 1939. Children: Robert Clarke and Stephen Baird.