Horace Dawson
American diplomat
Horace Greeley Dawson, Jr. (born January 30, 1926) is an American retired diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Botswana.
Life and career
Dawson was born in Augusta, Georgia on January 30, 1926. After graduation from high school, Dawson attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania for two years before being drafted into the U.S. Army, serving a two-year tour of duty in Europe and the Philippines. Dawson then returned to Lincoln University to finish his studies, earning a B.A. in English in 1949. Dawson went on to study English and comparative literature at Columbia University and received his M.A. the following year.
Dawson began his career as an English teacher at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he remained three years after earning his M.A. He then went on to teach at North Carolina Central University, where he worked as an associate professor of English and director of public relations. He also received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1961.
In 1962, Dawson entered the Foreign Service, working as a cultural affairs officer in Uganda and Nigeria, and then as the United States Information Agency Director in Liberia. During his time as Cultural Affairs Officer in Lagos, Nigeria, he served as part-time lecturer at the Institute of Mass Communications at the University of Lagos and served on two committees for the Nigerian Ministry of Education.
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