David C. Halsted
{{Short description|American diplomat}}
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| name=David Crane Halsted
| image=
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| order1=17th
| ambassador_from1=United States
| country1= Chad
| term_start1= September 12, 1996
| term_end1= August 6, 1999
| president1= Bill Clinton
| predecessor1 = Laurence Pope
| successor1 = Christopher E. Goldthwait
| order2 = 5th
| ambassador_from2= United States
| country2= Uganda
| term_start2= July 18, 1979
| term_end2= 1980
| predecessor2= Thomas Patrick Melady
| successor2= Gordon Robert Beyer
| president2= Jimmy Carter
| birth_date = September 7, 1941
| birth_place = Plainfield, New Jersey USA
| death_ date =
| spouse= Michele Ann Vautrain
| party= Nonpartisan{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=116006 |title=Halsted, David C. |author=Thomas Walker |date=May 18, 2006 |work= |publisher=ourcampaigns.com |accessdate=9 December 2011}}
| profession=Diplomat
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David Crane Halsted (born 1941) is an American diplomat. He served as the United States Ambassador to Chad from 1996 to 1999.
Biography
Halsted was born in Plainfield, New Jersey on September 7, 1941.{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halstad-hamill.html |title=Halstad to Hamill |author= |date= |work= |publisher=politicalgraveyard.com |accessdate=9 December 2011}} His mother was Katharine Patterson Halsted and his father was Osborne Halsted. Halsted attended Deerfield Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1963. He graduated from George Washington University in 1968{{cite web |url=http://alumni.gwu.edu/prominent/field/international.html |title=Prominent Alumni |publisher=gwu.edu |accessdate=9 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113143100/http://alumni.gwu.edu/prominent/field/international.html |archive-date=13 January 2012 |url-status=dead }} and later joined the U.S. Foreign Service. On June 11, 1996, Halsted was nominated by President Bill Clinton to be the United States Ambassador to Chad. He was confirmed on September 12, 1996, and remained in that post until August 6, 1999.{{cite web |url=http://www.allgov.com/nation/Chad |title=AllGov - Nations - Chad |author= |date= |work= |publisher=allgov.com|accessdate=9 December 2011}}
On September 29, 1998, Halsted's mother died. Halsted also has three siblings, Margaret, Bayard and Alfred.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/03/classified/paid-notice-deaths-halsted-katharine-patterson.html |title=Paid Notice: Deaths HALSTED, KATHARINE (PATTERSON |author= |date= |work= |publisher=nytimes.com |accessdate=9 December 2011}}
References
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External links
- [https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/chiefsofmission/chad United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Chad]
- [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/af/ci/cd/ United States Department of State: Chad]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141129114736/http://ndjamena.usembassy.gov/ United States Embassy in N'Djamena]
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{{succession box|title=United States Ambassador to Chad|before=Laurence Pope|after=Christopher E. Goldthwait|years=1996–1999}}
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Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Chad
Category:United States Foreign Service personnel
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