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Harriet Winsar Isom

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Harriet Winsar Isom
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Born (1936-05-11) May 11, 1936 (age 88)
Heppner, Oregon
Alma materMills College (B.A., 1958); the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (M.A.L.D., 1960).

Harriet Winsar Isom (born November 4, 1936) is an American retired diplomat and career Foreign Service Officer. She served as the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Laos (August 1986 – August 1989) and Ambassador to Benin (January 26, 1990 – November 14, 1992) and Cameroon (August 17, 1992 – January 15, 1996),[1][2]

Isom was born in Heppner, Oregon on November 4, 1936.[3] She graduated from Mills College (B.A., 1958) and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (M.A.L.D., 1960).[3]

During Isom's tenure in Laos, an agreement was reached regarding US aide to Laos and Laos looking for Americans who had been missing since the Vietnam War.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Former U.S. Ambassadors to Cameroon". US Embassy in Cameroon. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Harriet W. Isom (1936–)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Nomination of Harriet Winsar Isom To Be United States Ambassador to Cameroon" (PDF). GPO.gov. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  4. ^ Crossette, Barbara (November 21, 1987). "U.S. and Laos in Accord on the Missing". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Laos to Search Crash Site for MIAs". Los Angeles Times. November 22, 1987. Retrieved 7 February 2020.