Rebecca Matlock

Rebecca Burrum Matlock (December 7, 1928 – November 9, 2019) is an American photographer. She was born in Manchester, Tennessee. She is the wife of former U.S. Ambassador Jack F. Matlock Jr. since 1949. They both studied at Duke University.

In 1956 the Matlocks joined the Foreign Service and were posted in following years to Vienna, Oberammergau, Moscow, Accra, Zanzibar, and Dar es Salaam. Two more children were born during their first tour in Moscow (David and Joseph).Squire, Patricia Interview with Rebecca Burrum Matlock Frontline Diplomacy, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (January 11, 1990)

In 2009 she was named Honorary Trustee of the Friends of Davis International Center of Princeton University.Friends of Davis International Center of Princeton University, Fall 2009 Newsletter 

Published works
 At Spaso House: People and meetings: Notes of the wife of an American ambassador (in Russian) Transl. from English by T. Kudriavtseva, Moscow:  EKSMO, Algorithm, 2004 
 Challenges: A Memoir of My Life in Opera by Caldwell, Sarah with Matlock, Rebecca, Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, 2008 

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Category:1928 births
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Category:American photographers
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