Background
Carrington, Walter C. was born on July 24, 1930 in New York, United States.
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Walter C. Carrington
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Bachelor, Harvard University. Juris Doctor, Harvard University.
Career
Attorney Maples, Carrington & Rhuland, 1957. With Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, 1957-1961. Country director Peace Corps, Sierra Leone, 1961-1962, Tunisia, 1963-1965, Senegal, 1965-1967, deputy director office planning and program review, 1967, from deputy regional director Africa to special assistant to director for equal employment opportunity, 1967-1969, regional director Africa, 1969-1970.
Vice president African-American Institute, 1971-1980. United States ambassador to Senegal, 1980-1981. Director department international affairs Howard University, 1981-1988.
Consultant international affairs Joint Center Political and Economic Studies, 1990-1991. Administrative assistant Republican Mervyn M. Dymally, 1991-1992. Staff counsel committee District of Columbia United States House Representatives, 1992-1993.
United States ambassador to Nigeria, 1993-1997. Chair United Nations Donor Agilysys' Conference African Regional Plan Application Science and Technology Development, 1974. Member advisory council Agency for International Development, 1978-1980.
Visiting professor Washington College, 1988, Marquette University, 1989, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989. Adviser on African issues Clinton Campaign, 1992. Consultant African-American Institute.
Achievements
Membership
Member Mayor of Washington's International Advisory Committee, 1982-1991. Member selection committee Presidential World Hunger Awards, 1984, 85. Board directors Washington-Dakar Sister Cities Committee, since 1982.
With United States Army, 1955-1957. Member Association Black American Ambassadors, Council American Ambassadors, Council Foreign Relations, Washington Institute Foreign Affairs, African Studies Association, Africare, Appropriate Technology International, TransAfrica (Washington chapter), Harvard Club (Washington).
Connections
Married Arese Ukpoma. 2 children.
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Nationality
American