Leland Barrows
{{Short description|American diplomat}}
{{Infobox US Ambassador
| name= Leland Judd Barrows
| image=
| order=1st
| ambassador_from=United States
| country=Cameroon
| term_start= June 1960
| term_end= 6 September 1966
| president= Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
| predecessor = Boland More (ad interim)
| successor = Robert L. Payton{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/gov/549/000120189|title=US Ambassador to Cameroon|publisher=}}
| order2 = 1st
| ambassador_from2=United States
| country2= Togo
| term_start2= August 1960
| term_end2= 27 June 1961
| president2= Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
| predecessor2 = none, office created
| successor2 = Leon B. Poullada
| birth_date = October 27, 1906
| birth_place = Hutchinson, Kansas, Reno County, Kansas
| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|3|3|1906|10|27}}
| death_place =
| children =
| spouse= Mabel Irene Conley
| party=
| profession=Diplomat
| religion=
}}
Leland Judd Barrows (October 27, 1906 – March 3, 1988) was an American ambassador to Cameroon and Togo. He was born in Hutchinson, Kansas. He married Mabel Irene Conley on March 21, 1935.
He served various diplomatic positions including a member of the Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa and foreign service officer; along with his ambassadorships; as well as a Newspaper reporter and radio broadcaster outside of the State Department. He died in 1988.{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barretto-barrows.html#RJN11IHPK|title=The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Barrett-england to Barrus|first=Lawrence|last=Kestenbaum|publisher=}}
His parents were Eugene Barrows and Florence Emma (Judd) Barrows.
Education
He graduated from the University of Kansas with a master's degree in political science.{{cite news |title=LELAND J. BARROWS, 81, DIES |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1988/03/04/leland-j-barrows-81-dies/7c96dc5c-fb07-410b-b71f-a22e03ea5f3f/ |accessdate=7 November 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
Career
Narrows has had a varied career in government. While Harry Truman was president, he served in the Office of Price Administration, the Federal Public Housing Authority, and the Department of State, 1944–48; Executive Assistant to the Special, Representative in Europe, Economic Cooperation Administration, 1948–53; Director, Mission to Greece, Foreign Operations Agency, 1952–54; and Mission to Vietnam, 1949–1958.{{cite web |title=Oral History Interview with Leland Barrows |url=https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/oral-histories/barrowsl |website=Harry S. Truman Library and Museum |accessdate=7 November 2019}}
Personal life
Barrows was married to Irene Conley Barrows, with whom he had two children. His son, Leland C. Barrows, was a graduate of Columbia University and served as a history professor at Voorhees College.{{Cite web|date=October 1967|title=The Foreign Service Journal, October 1967|url=https://www.afsa.org/sites/default/files/fsj-1967-10-october_0.pdf|access-date=July 6, 2021|website=American Foreign Service Association|page=54}}{{Cite web|title=Voorhees College|url=https://www.voorhees.edu/directory/leland-c-barrows-phd|access-date=2021-07-07|website=www.voorhees.edu}}
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Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Togo
Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Cameroon
Category:People from Hutchinson, Kansas
Category:University of Kansas alumni
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