Background
Clarke, Walter Sheldon was born on December 28, 1934 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Walter Clowes and Lena Phoebe (Lovejoy) Clarke.
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Clarke, Walter Sheldon was born on December 28, 1934 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Walter Clowes and Lena Phoebe (Lovejoy) Clarke.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1957; certified African studies, Northwestern University, 1968.
Joined, Foreign Svc., Department State, 1958;
served in, Ruanda-Urundi (Later Kingdom of Burundi), 1960-1962;
served in, American embassy, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1963-1965;
served in, American embassy, Bogota, Colombia, 1965-1967;
desk officer, West African affairs Department State, 1968-1970;
chief political section, American embassy, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 1970-1972;
consul American consulate, Douala, Cameroon, 1972-1974;
desk officer Latin American affairs, Department State, 1974-1976;
information programmer, A/OASIS, 1976-1977;
consul general, Djibouti, French Territory of Afars and Issas, 1977;
became charge d'Affaires upon independence of, Djibouti, 1977-1980;
political counselor American embassy, Lagos, Nigeria, 1980-1983;
director intelligence liaison, unites states department State, Washington, 1983-1987;
instructor Strategy, United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, 1987;
State Department advisor to President, professor Department Strategy and Policy, United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, 1987-1989;
counselor of embassy for political affairs, American Embassy, Madrid, 1989-1992;
professor international relations, United States Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1992-1994;
retired, State Department, 1994. Instructor U. Alcala-Henares, 1991-1992. Deputy chief of mission United States LiaisonOffice, Mogadishu, Somalia, 1993.
Consultant United States Army Peace Keeping Institute, since 1994. Adjunct Professor peace operations United States Army Peacekeeping Institute, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Consultant various military commands on peacekeeping, humanitarian operations.
Member African Studies Association (life), Tampa Bay Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Naval Institute (life), United States Army War College Alumni Association (faculty, life).
Married Chantal Aubert, December 26, 1974. Children: Philippe, Quentin, Aurélie. 1 stepson, Nicolas Lance.