Hart, Parker T., 1910-1997

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Parker Thompson Hart was born September 28, 1910, in Medford, Massachusetts to William Parker and Ella Louisa (Thompson) Hart. Hart attended Dartmouth College, graduating in 1933, earned his master’s degree in diplomatic history from Harvard in 1935, and a year later received a diploma from L’Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales in Geneva, Switzerland. He joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1938 and served in posts in Austria, Brazil, and Saudi Arabia before returning to Department of State headquarters in 1947.

Parker T. Hart was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Jordan on February 5, 1958 but did not assume the post due to political changes in the country. He later served as U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, concurrently envoy to Kuwait and ambassador to Yemen, then as U.S. Ambassador to Turkey. Thereafter he was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs on October 4, 1968. On February 5, 1969 Ambassador Hart was appointed Director of the Foreign Service Institute, he remained there until his retirement from the Foreign Service on September 30, 1969.

Following his retirement Ambassador Hart served as the President of the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C. and as a consultant for a variety of private corporations, particularly the Bechtel Corporation. Ambassador Hart died October 15, 1997 in Washington, D.C.

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associatedWith Barger, Thomas C., 1909-1986. person
associatedWith Bechtel Corporation. corporateBody
associatedWith Brown, Glen F. (Glen Francis), 1911-2001. person
associatedWith Coffey, Ann C. person
alumnusOrAlumnaOf Dartmouth College corporateBody
leaderOf Foreign Service Institute (U.S.) corporateBody
alumnusOrAlumnaOf Harvard University corporateBody
associatedWith Howard, Harry N. (Harry Nicholas), 1902-1987. person
associatedWith Karpet, Kemal H. person
associatedWith Keating, John S. person
associatedWith Khattar, Nasri. person
associatedWith McMullan, Christopher J. person
employeeOf Middle East institute (Washington, D.C.) corporateBody
associatedWith Miller, Joyce Laverty, 1941- person
associatedWith Rabinowitz, Itamar. person
associatedWith Radio Corporation of America. corporateBody
employeeOf United States Department of State corporateBody
leaderOf United States Department of State. Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs corporateBody
leaderOf United States. Embassy (Saudi Arabia) corporateBody
leaderOf United States. Embassy (Turkey) corporateBody
employeeOf United States. Foreign Service corporateBody
associatedWith United States Steel Corporation. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Vienna 09 AT
Ankara 68 TR
Cairo 11 EG
Dhahran 06 SA
Washington, D. C. DC US
Damascus 13 SY
Jeddah 14 SA
Medford MA US
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Diplomacy
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Foreign relations
Industrial development project
Industrial development projects
Industrial development projects
Industrial development projects
Industrial development projects
Industrial development projects
Pipelines
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Government executives
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Birth 1910-09-28

Death 1997-10-15

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Americans

French,

Arabic,

Turkish,

English

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