Phyllis E. Oakley

Phyllis E. Oakley
Phyllis E. Oakley
13th Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research
	In office; November 10, 1997 – August 2, 1999
Preceded by	Toby T. Gati
Succeeded by	J. Stapleton Roy
8th Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration
	In office; September 21, 1994 – November 7, 1997
Preceded by	Warren Zimmermann
Succeeded by	Julia V. Taft
Personal details
Born	November 23, 1934; Omaha, Nebraska
Died	January 22, 2022; Washington, DC
Spouse	Robert
Education	Tufts University

Phyllis Elliott Oakley (November 23, 1934 – January 22, 2022) was an American diplomat who served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration (1994–1997) and Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (1997–1999).^[1]^[2] She was married to former Ambassador Robert B. Oakley and was a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Council on Foreign Relations. Oakley was a graduate of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, at Tufts University.

Ms. Oakley held a variety of positions within the U.S. foreign service. She was a Staff Assistant to Under Secretary Philip Habib, an Afghanistan Desk Officer and a Cultural Affairs Officer in Kinshasa (on loan to the United States Information Agency, USIA). She worked with the Agency for International Development (AID) Afghanistan's cross-border humanitarian assistance program in Pakistan and served in Congressional Affairs for the Near Eastern Bureau of the State Department.

She was an adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies, Phyllis Oakley was teaching a course on functional issues in American foreign policy. She has also been a visiting professor at Mount Holyoke College and Northwestern University and served on the visiting board of the College of Arts and Sciences of Northwestern University and the advisory board for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. She was chair of the board at Americans for UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) from 2003 to 2007 while also serving as chair of the Public Affairs Committee and Nominating Committee at Americans for UNFPA.

Oakley was born in Omaha, Nebraska. She died of a heart attack at a hospital in Washington, D.C., on January 22, 2022, at the age of 87.^[3]

References

^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR PHYLLIS E. OAKLEY" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 8 March 2000. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
^ "Phyllis E. Oakley". The American Academy of Diplomacy. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
^ Seelye, Katharine Q. (2022-01-29). "Phyllis Oakley, Female Pioneer at the State Department, Dies at 87". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-30.

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Government offices
Preceded by Warren Zimmermann	Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration September 21, 1994 – November 7, 1997	Succeeded by Julia V. Taft
Preceded by Toby T. Gati	Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research November 10, 1997 – August 2, 1999	Succeeded by J. Stapleton Roy

[1] "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR PHYLLIS E. OAKLEY" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 8 March 2000. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

[2] "Phyllis E. Oakley". The American Academy of Diplomacy. Retrieved 2022-01-30.

[3] Seelye, Katharine Q. (2022-01-29). "Phyllis Oakley, Female Pioneer at the State Department, Dies at 87". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-30.

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