country predecessor successor death_date birth_place president profession ambassador_from birth_date order term_start spouse article_title term_end name
togo malaysia mauritius nancy v. rawls barbara m. watson george roberts andrews marilyn p. johnson thomas p. shoesmith penne percy korth 21 april 2014 uniontown , pennsylvania gerald ford ronald reagan ronald reagan diplomat united states united states united states 22 may 1932 7th 9th 9th 1976 1981 1986 euna scott , princess tengku intan bakar of malaysia ronald d. palmer
 1978 1983 1989 ronald d. palmer
ronald d. palmer

ronald dewayne palmer -lrb- may 22 , 1932 - april 21 , 2014 -rrb- was a former united states ambassador to togo -lrb- 1976 -- 78 -rrb- , malaysia -lrb- 1981 -- 83 -rrb- , and mauritius -lrb- 1986 -- 89 -rrb- .
he was born in uniontown , pennsylvania .
he graduated from the university of bordeaux and howard university in 1955 and johns hopkins university in 1957 .
palmer entered the foreign service in 1957 as an intelligence research specialist in the department of state .
from 1959 to 1960 he attended indonesian language training at the foreign service institute .
he was economic officer in djakarta from 1960 -- 1962 and in kuala lumpur from 1962 to 1963 .
he was foreign affairs officer and staff assistant from 1964 to 1965 in the department of state .
he was cultural attachй in copenhagen , denmark , and on detail to the international communication agency in from 1965 until 1967 , and was s faculty member at the united states military academy from 1967 1970 .
he later served as international relations officer in the department from 1975 to 1976 .
from then on until 1978 he was ambassador to the togo .
he has been director of foreign service career development and assignments from 1978 to 1979 , and deputy assistant secretary for personnel .
under the reagan administration he served as ambassador to malaysia and later mauritius .
he spoke indonesian , french , and danish .
he was a professor at the west point us military academy from 1967 -- 1969 and george washington university from 1990-2001 .
he was also a member of the american academy of diplomacy and council on foreign relations .
he was married to euna scott and has 2 children .
