Lewis Arthur Tambs
American ambassador to Colombia from 1983 - 1985 and Costa Rica from 1985 - 1987
Lewis Arthur Tambs (July 7, 1927 — October 19, 2017) was a professor of Latin American history at Arizona State University and an expert on Latin American geopolitics. He was American ambassador to Colombia from 1983–1985 and Costa Rica from 1985–1987. Tambs was born in San Diego, California.
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