Nancy V. Rawls

Nancy V. Rawls
United States Ambassador to Togo
In office February 11, 1974 – August 8, 1976
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Dwight Dickinson
Succeeded by	Ronald D. Palmer
United States Ambassador to Ivory Coast
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Monteagle Stearns
Succeeded by	Robert H. Miller[1]
Personal details
Born	January 24, 1926 Clearwater, Florida
Died	April 13, 1985 Norwalk, Connecticut
Profession	Diplomat

Nancy Vivian Rawls (born January 24, 1926-1985) was a former Foreign Service officer, US diplomat, United States Ambassador to Togo (February 11, 1974-August 8, 1976) and to Ivory Coast, (1979-1983).^[2]

Rawls was born on January 24, 1926 in Clearwater, Florida. She received an A.B. from Shorter College in 1947.

She joined the Foreign Service in 1947. She was assigned to instructions in Vienna, Austria, Hamburg, and Montreal, Canada. After a tour of duty in West Germany, she was assigned to African countries, first to Liberia and then to Kenya. After a year of special studies at the National War College from 1970 to 1971, she became director of the State Department's policy planning staff for the Bureau of African Affairs in 1971. Rawls was one of the first U.S. Foreign Service women to rise to ambassadorial level and was the first woman to serve as ambassador in two African countries.

In 1974, Rawls became Ambassador to Togo. Two years later, she became the United States alternate delegate to the United Nations. She was then appointed as Senior Deputy to the Director General of the Foreign Service. She was then appointed as Ambassador to Ivory Coast in 1979 and retired in 1983. ^[3]

Rawls died April 13, 1985 at the Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, Connecticut, after a long illness. She was 59 years old and lived in Westport, Connecticut.

Her parents, Eugene and Vivian Rawls, and a brother, Eugene, all survive her. They live in Atlanta.

References

1. ^ http://www.nndb.com/gov/441/000120081/
2. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raub-rawson.html
3. ^ http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=31304

Persondata
Name	Rawls, Nancy Vivian
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	January 24, 1926
Place of birth	Clearwater, Florida
Date of death	April 13, 1985
Place of death	Norwalk, Connecticut