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Darryl N. Johnson in 2004
Darryl N. Johnson United States Ambassador to Thailand In office
November 26, 2001 – December 28, 2004President George W. Bush Preceded by Richard E. Hecklinger Succeeded by Ralph Leo Boyce Director of American Institute in Taiwan In office
1996–1999President Bill Clinton Preceded by B. Lynn Pascoe Succeeded by Raymond Burghardt United States Ambassador to Lithuania In office
March 23, 1992 – May 23, 1994President Bill Clinton Preceded by Owen J.C. Norem Succeeded by James W. Swihart Personal details Born 1938 (age 72–73)
Chicago, IllinoisNationality American Alma mater University of Washington (B.A.)
University of Minnesota
Princeton UniversityOccupation Diplomat, Statesman Darryl Norman Johnson (born 1938) is a retired American statesman and career Foreign Service Officer who held many positions in American government around the world. Most recently and importantly he was the United States Ambassador to Thailand from 2001–2004. He now lives near Seattle, WA and is a lecturer at his undergraduate alma mater, the University of Washington, where he teaches in its Jackson School of International Studies[1] .
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Early life
Mr. Johnson was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1938, and grew up in suburban Seattle, Washington. He attended public schools there, graduating in 1956, and went on to attend the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, and the University of Washington in Seattle, from which he received his BA (Cum Laude) in English Literature in 1960.
At the University of Washington he was a member of the academic honor societies for Military Science, Music and Literature, and was admitted to the Phi Beta Kappa Society in 1960. Following graduation he attended the University of Minnesota and Princeton University and worked several months at the Boeing Company in Seattle during and after his university studies. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand (1962–65) before joining the Foreign Service.[2]
Foreign Service Career
Mr. Johnson had a long and distinguished career as a United States Foreign Service officer, with extensive experience in East European and Asian affairs. Among other assignments, he served on the Bosnia Task Force in Washington and as Charge of the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo in April 1996. Before that, he was Senior Advisor to Madeline Albright, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and before that, was Deputy Coordinator for Assistance to the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union.
Mr. Johnson served as the first American Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, having arrived in Vilnius in September, 1991, to open the first post-World War II U.S. Mission in that country. Prior to that, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, Poland (1988–91), and before that in Beijing (1984–87), Moscow (1974–77), Hong Kong (1969–73), and Bombay (1966–67). In addition, he served in the Department of State in Washington, D.C., as Officer-in-Charge of Yugoslav Affairs (1977–79), Officer-in-Charge of People's Republic of China Affairs (1979–81), as a Pearson Fellow in the Office of Senator Claiborne Pell (D-RI) (1981–82), and as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs (1982–84). In the latter position, his responsibilities included East European, Soviet, and East Asian/Pacific Affairs during the tenure of the then Under Secretary, Lawrence Eagleburger.
Post-Foreign Service
In his capacity as lecturer at the University of Washington, Ambassador Johnson teaches a class called "Practicing American Foreign Policy", and also advises undergraduate students on their Qualifying Papers, an extended writing assignment of approximately 25 pages that is required by the Jackson School for graduation. [3][4] This teaching position at the University of Washington has previously been held by former U.S. diplomats Ronald Woods and Charles T. Cross.[5] Ambassador Johnson also participates at various speaking engagements in the Seattle area, many of which relate to the Peace Corps and to the United States Foreign Service. He has published op-eds in several major newspapers regarding politics in Thailand, including the Los Angeles Times[6] and the Seattle Times. [7] [8]
Personal
Mr. Johnson is the father of one daughter and two sons. He is married to the former Kathleen Desa Forance. In addition to English he speaks Chinese (Mandarin), Polish, Russian, Thai and Lithuanian.[9]
References
- ^ "Jackson School of International Studies: Southeast Asia Center". Jackson School of International Studies. http://jsis.washington.edu/seac/faculty.shtml. Retrieved October 8th, 2011.
- ^ "About Us Meet the Director AIT Introduction Directors & Chairs Offices & Sections Commercial Section Agricultural Trade Office Hours of Operation & Holidays Our Location DARRYL NORMAN JOHNSON (TENURE: 1996 - 1999) Darryl Norman Johnson Assumes Duties as New Director of AIT Taipei". American Institute in Taiwan. http://www.ait.org.tw/en/director-johnson.html. Retrieved October 8th, 2011.
- ^ "University of Washington Instructor Class Description". University of Washington, Seattle. http://www.washington.edu/students/icd/S/intl/423darrylnj.html. Retrieved October 8th, 2011.
- ^ "Program Description - International Studies". Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. http://jsis.washington.edu/advise/catalog/is_ba.shtml. Retrieved October 8th, 2011.
- ^ "National Security Advice--in 500 Words or Less". University of Washington Arts and Sciences Newsletter. http://www.artsci.washington.edu/newsletter/summer07/PolicyCourse.asp. Retrieved October 8th, 2011.
- ^ Johnson, Darryl. "Thailand's king reigns--but he doesn't rule". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-johnson26-2008dec26,0,2945747.story. Retrieved October 8th, 2011.
- ^ Johnson, Darryl. "The surprising fall of Thailand's Thaksin". Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2002927121_thai13.html. Retrieved October 8th, 2011.
- ^ Johnson, Darryl. "Roots of Crisis in Thailand". The Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011907419_thaianalysis20.html. Retrieved October 8th, 2011.
- ^ Darryl Norman Johnson Assumes Duties as New Director of AIT Taipei
External links
- Discussion with Ambassador Johnson on events in Thailand and implications for U.S. policy toward Southeast Asia (The National Bureau of Asian Research, May 14, 2010)
- A Life Abroad: For Foreign Service Officers, the World is their Office (University of Washington Arts and Sciences Newsletter, Summer 2007)
- An unclassified State Department diplomatic cable written by Ambassador Johnson from Thailand (U.S. Department of State)
- Ambassador Johnson gives opening remarks to Thai diplomats and University of Washington professors and administrators at a Seattle event (Youtube video)
- Text of a security agreement between Thailand and the United States that was agreed to during Ambassador Johnson's tenure (U.S. Department of State)
Categories:- Living people
- United States ambassadors to Thailand
- University of Washington alumni
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