Geoffrey W. Lewis
Geoffrey W. Lewis (born in Brookline, Massachusetts, died August 1, 1992, Rockland, Maine) was a career diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Mauritania and the Central African Republic.[1]
A Harvard graduate, Lewis went on to study at Trinity College in England before becoming headmaster of the Browne and Nichols School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1937. Lewis was a United States Army colonel in London during World War II.[1]
He started at the State Department in 1946 and worked there until his retirement in 1970 while he was Ambassador to Mauritania.[1]
At the time of his death, which was complications from heart and kidney disease, he was 82 years old and lived in Cushing, Maine.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Geoffrey W. Lewis, 82, Ambassador in Africa". The New York Times. August 3, 1992. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
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