Background
Steward, Vernon Rudston Whitefoord was born on April 10, 1931 in Empangeni, Natal, South Africa. Son of Vernon William W. and Daphne Petronella I. (Van Zijl) Steward.
Steward, Vernon Rudston Whitefoord was born on April 10, 1931 in Empangeni, Natal, South Africa. Son of Vernon William W. and Daphne Petronella I. (Van Zijl) Steward.
Bachelor of Commerce, University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
3d secretary, Department Foreign Affairs, Cairo, 1957-1961;3d secretary head office, Department Foreign Affairs, Pretoria, South Africa, 1961-1962;vice-consul, Department Foreign Affairs, Beirut, Lebanon, 1962-1965;2d secretary/1st secretary head office, Department Foreign Affairs, Pretoria, 1965-1970;under-secretary, deputy-director, Department Foreign Affairs, Pretoria, 1976-1982;ambassador, Department Foreign Affairs, Rome, 1982-1987;director Europe II, Department Foreign Affairs, Pretoria, 1987-1989;counsellor South African Permanent Mission, United Nations, New York City, 1970-1976;chargé d'affaires, United Nations, New York City, 1974-1976;ambassador, permanent representative, United Nations, New York City, since 1991;chief director, Europe and European and Multilateral Orgns., 1989-1991.
Married Ezanne Swiegers, January 25, 1969 (divorced February, 1989). Children: Vernon, Rudston, Exley. Married Heather Margaret Faulding, April 16, 1994.