Robert South Barrett IV (1927 – December 24, 2004) was an American Career Foreign Service Officer who served concurrent appointments as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Madagascar and Comoros (1977-1980) and was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Djibouti (1988-1991).[1] He also served as “Consul in Martinique, political officer in war-torn Vietnam, ... and Deputy Chief of Mission in conflict-ravaged Beirut, with a relatively peaceful interim tour at the United Nations in New York, before accepting the post of Ambassador to Djibouti, a country of great strategic importance to the United States”[2]

Barrett graduated with an AB was in politics from Princeton University and a master's in economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[3]

A resident of Washington, DC and Charleston, South Carolina, Barrett died of cancer at Georgetown University Hospital.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Robert South Barrett". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Mavis Barrett". Legacy.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Robert South Barrett IV '48". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Retrieved 31 January 2020.


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