He was the United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands (1992 - 1995), Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Kiribati (1980 - 1981).
He is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor.
He was also the first executive director of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), establishing the international secretariat for the organization in Singapore.
He was active for over thirty years as an American diplomat and was a senior advisor to Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H.
W.
Bush.
He is also an experienced writer and lecturer on foreign affairs.
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