George Quincey Lumsden Jr.
American diplomat
George Quincey Lumsden Jr. (September 19, 1930 – February 11, 2026) was an American diplomat. A Career Foreign Service Officer, he was the American Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Arab Emirates from July 2, 1982, until January 28, 1986.
Early life
Born in Montclair, New Jersey, on September 19, 1930, his family moved to Maplewood, New Jersey, when he was a young child. He attended the public schools there through the end of junior high school and he attended high school at Deerfield Academy, from which he graduated in 1948. He received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1952, majoring in Psychology. After he graduated, he joined the United States Navy, was accepted at the Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, and graduated from there in the Fall of 1952. He spent his first two years as an engineering officer. His official rank was lieutenant. When he returned to civilian life, he worked as a group service representative at Prudential Insurance Co.
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