Robert H. McBride
Robert Henry McBride (May 25, 1918 – December 26, 1983)[1] was an American diplomat.[2] He served as United States Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1967 to 1969 and as United States Ambassador to Mexico from 1969 to 1974.[2][3][4]
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Robert Henry McBride was born in Aberdeen, Scotland to American parents, and attended schools in Spain and France. As a result, he spoke French and Spanish fluently.[2] He graduated from Princeton University in 1940.[2]
Career
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He joined the United States Foreign Service in 1941, and served in embassies in Havana, Algiers, Naples, Port-au-Prince, Rabat, Paris and Madrid.[2] He served as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1967 to 1969, and to Mexico from 1969 to 1974.[2]
In 1974, he became a diplomat-in-residence at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.[2] He sat on the board of directors of the Inter-American Council for Immigration and Development.[2]
Personal life
[edit]He was married to Jacqueline McBride, and they had three children.[2]
Bibliography
[edit]- Mexico and the United States (editor; Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1981)
References
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