Owen W. Roberts, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetOwen W. Roberts
American diplomat
Date of Birth: 29-Mar-1924
Place of Birth: Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States
Date of Death: 10-Jun-2017
Profession: diplomat
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Owen W. Roberts
- Owen W.
- Roberts (March 29, 1924 – June 10, 2017) was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Togo from June 28, 1984 to July 5, 1986. Roberts was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
- He graduated from Princeton University in 1948 and Columbia University in 1955 with an M.A.
- and Ph.D.
- He can speak French and German, as well as English. Roberts served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946.
- In 1949 Roberts married Janet Roberts.
- In 1955 he entered the Foreign Service as consular officer in Cairo, Egypt, and was commercial officer in Leopoldville from 1958 to 1960.
- In the Department he was desk officer for Africa in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (1961 to 1962), and in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs (1963 to 1964).
- He was political officer in Lagos from 1964 to 1965, and deputy chief of mission in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from 1966 to 1968.
- He attended the Air War College from 1969 to 1970.
- In the Department he was staff director of the Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service from 1970 to 1971, Deputy Director for Cultural Affairs for Africa, from 1971 to 1972, a member of the policy planning staff in 1973, and Executive Director of the Office of Inspector General from 1974 to 1975.
- From 1976 to 1978, he was Deputy Director of the Sinai Field Mission, Sinai Desert.
- He was Director of the African Office at the Department of Defense from 1978 to 1979, and deputy chief of mission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 1979 to 1982.
- In 1983 he served as African adviser to the United Nations General Assembly.
- From 1982 to 1984, he was roving Charge in Victoria in the Seychelles, Banjul, The Gambia, and then N'Djamena, Chad.
- In May 1984 Roberts was appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Togo, and held that post through September 1986.
- Owen retired in 1989 and died in June 2017 at the age of 93.
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