Alphonse F. La Porta
American diplomat
Alphonse F. La Porta (born January 15, 1939) a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, served as U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia from December 1997 to November 2000. Subsequently, he served as the Political Advisor to the U.S. Commander-in-Chief of the Regional Headquarters Allied Forces in southern Europe from January 2001 to November 2003.
Career
Alphonse La Porta was born on January 15, 1939, in Brooklyn, New York. His family moved to the South Shore of Long Island – first to Oceanside, then Lynbrook. when he was young. His parents, both first generation immigrants, worked as hair dressers. His father came from Sicily and his mother from Ukraine. As a child he attended Davison Avenue Elementary School, then Malverne Junior High School, finally graduating from Malverne High School in 1956. He enrolled in the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, graduating in 1960. That same he took the Foreign Service Exam, passing the written portion but failing to score a passing grade on the oral exams.
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