- Rodger Davies
Rodger P. Davies was born on May 7, 1921, in Berkeley,
Alameda County ,California . He died August 19, 1974 inNicosia, Cyprus . He had only been appointed asUnited States Ambassador to Cyprus that previous May. He was killed by gunfire by a sniper, during a demonstration at the U.S. embassy by Greek Cypriots. His Maronite secretary, Antoinette Varnava, was also killed.He had served as director of the U.S.
Department of State 'sBureau of Near Eastern Affairs until Oct 1965. Then until 1970 he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian AffairsDavies' wife, Sarah Burgess, had died the preceding year. They had a daughter Dana, and a son John.
External links
* [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=4543 Gerald Ford statement upon Davies' death]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=davies&GScid=8394&GRid=5995751& Find-a-Grave]
* [http://openweb.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/1974-8/1974-08-20-NBC-8.html Television News Archives]
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