Lewis Arthur Tambs

{{short description|American ambassador to Colombia from 1983 - 1985 and Costa Rica from 1985 - 1987}}

{{infobox ambassador

|name=Lewis Arthur Tambs

|image=Lewis Arthur Tambs and Ronald Reagan.jpg

|caption= 1985, on right, with Ronald Reagan

|birth_date={{birth date|1927|7|7}}

|birth_place=San Diego

|death_date= {{death date and age|2017|10|19|1927|7|7}}

|death_place=Tempe, Arizona

|restingplace=

| ambassador_from = United States

| country = Colombia

| term_start = May 2, 1983

| term_end = February 15, 1985

| predecessor = Thomas D. Boyatt

| successor = Charles A. Gillespie Jr.

| president = Ronald Reagan

| ambassador_from2 = United States

| country2 = Costa Rica

| term_start2 = August 1, 1985

| term_end2 = January 1, 1987

| predecessor2 = Curtin Winsor Jr.

| successor2 = Deane R. Hinton

| president2 = Ronald Reagan

|alma_mater=University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Santa Barbara

}}

Lewis Arthur Tambs (July 7, 1927 — October 19, 2017){{cite news |title=Lewis A Tambs |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/azcentral/obituary.aspx?n=lewis-a-tambs&pid=187033402&fhid=11457 |accessdate=October 29, 2018 |work=Arizona Republic |date=October 24, 2017}} was an American ambassador to Colombia from 1983–1985 and Costa Rica from 1985–1987.{{Cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=42104|title = Nomination of Lewis Arthur Tambs to be United States Ambassador to Colombia | the American Presidency Project}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=38625|title = Nomination of Lewis Arthur Tambs to be United States Ambassador to Costa Rica | the American Presidency Project}}{{Cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/tambs-lewis-arthur|title=Lewis Arthur Tambs - People - Department History - Office of the Historian}} Tambs was born in San Diego, California.