Robert E. Fritts, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert E. Fritts

Date of Birth: 04-May-1934

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 28-Sep-2015

Profession: teacher, military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Robert E.
Fritts (May 3, 1934 - September 28, 2015) was an American Diplomat and Foreign Service Officer.
At the time of his appointment as U.S.
Ambassador to Rwanda at age 29, was the youngest ever Ambassador in the Foreign Service.
He later served as the U.S.
ambassador to Ghana.Born in Chicago, he was raised in Oak Park, Illinois.
After graduating from the University of Michigan with a major in political science with a focus on international relations, Fritts served as a Navy officer on destroyers before entering the U.S.
Foreign Service in 1959.
After his retirement in 1991, he moved to Williamsburg and taught at the College of William & Mary and was a senior fellow with the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia.
In 2015, he died of lung cancer.