Christopher C. Ashby

Ashby was born in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1968 where he was a member of the Philodemic Society, and received an M.B.A. from the University of Texas Graduate School of Business in 1970. He also attended the MIT Sloan School of Management and Harvard Business School.[http://montevideo.usembassy.gov/usaweb/paginas/01-011EN.shtml Embassy biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527195201/http://montevideo.usembassy.gov/usaweb/paginas/01-011EN.shtml|date=2010-05-27}}

He spent four years in the Marine Corps and served in Vietnam.

;Longstanding social acquaintance of President Clinton

At Georgetown, he was Bill Clinton's roommate.[http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/37257-1 C-Span]

He worked in international banking, most notably for the Chemical Bank and Chase Manhattan Bank. He has also worked for the United Nations. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Small Business Administration, and of the Foreign Policy Association of New York. He is married with four children.

He served as United States Ambassador to Uruguay under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, from 1997 to 2001.{{Cite web |title=US Ambassador to Uruguay |url=https://www.nndb.com/gov/563/000120203/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=www.nndb.com}}[http://www.afsa.org/ambassadorsclinton.cfm American Foreign Service Association] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615143946/http://www.afsa.org/ambassadorsclinton.cfm |date=2010-06-15 }}[http://montevideo.usembassy.gov/usaweb/paginas/01-010EN.shtml Uruguay ambassadors list] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527102337/http://montevideo.usembassy.gov/usaweb/paginas/01-010EN.shtml |date=2010-05-27 }}

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Category:1946 births

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Category:People from Dallas

Category:Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni

Category:McCombs School of Business alumni

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Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Uruguay

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