Stephen Eugene Palmer

Background

Palmer, Stephen Eugene was born on July 31, 1923 in Superior, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Stephen Eugene Senior and Katharine (Greenslade) Palmer.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1944; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1947-1948; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1971; postgraduate Serbo-Croatian language and Balkan area, Indiana U., 1953-1954; postgraduate in French Foreign Service Institute, 1982-1983.

Career

Teacher, American Community School, Tehran, Iran, 1946-1947; with, United States Government, 1949-1951; joined, United States Foreign Service, 1951; vice consul, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1951-1953; 3d secretary, vice consul, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1954; 2d secretary, 1954-1956; consul, 1956-1957; consul, principal officer, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1957-1959; foreign affairs officer, Office United Nations Political Affairs, State Department, 1959-1963; 1st secretary, chief political section, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1963-1966; 1st secretary political division Middle Eastern and North African affairs, American embassy, London, 1966-1968; counselor for political affairs, American embassy., Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1968-1971; consul general, Madras, India, 1971-1973; fellow, Center for International Affairs, Harvard, 1973-1974; director, Office Near Eastern and South Asian Regional Affairs, Department State, 1974-1978; also staff director interdepartmental group for Near East and South Asia, National Security Council, 1974-1978; project director country reports on human rights and practices, Department State, 1978; minister-counselor for refugee and humanitarian affairs, United States Mission to Geneva, 1979; principal deputy assistant secretary of state for human rights and humanitarian affairs, United States Mission to Geneva, 1980-1981; acting assistant secretary, United States Mission to Geneva, 1981; Department State member, Congressional Commision on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1981-1982; chairman, Foreign Service Selection Board, 1983; chairman, Project for Dissemination of the Laws of Armed Conflict, 1983-1984; senior advisor management systems and programs, Department State, 1984-1988; senior consultant, Department State, 1988-1991; inspector, Department State, 1991-1993. Member editorial team for country reports on human rights practices, 1993-1994. Substitute teacher Fairfax County Public Schools.

Achievements

• Stephen Eugene Palmer has been listed as a noteworthy Government official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Fairfax County Democratic Committee Served to First lieutenant United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Foreign Svc. Association, Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired, Fgn.Svc.

Reserve Corps.

Connections

Married Nancy Jane Swan, July 26, 1947 (divorced 1986). Children: Katharine Caldwell, Susan Greenslade, Stephen Eugene III. Married Patsy Elaine Simmons Lee, September 7, 1989.

Father:

Stephen Eugene Senior Palmer

Mother:

Katharine (Greenslade) Palmer

Spouse:

Patsy Elaine Simmons Lee

Spouse:

Nancy Jane Swan

child:

Stephen Eugene III Palmer

child:

Katharine Caldwell Palmer

child:

Susan Greenslade Palmer