ACCESSION NUMBER:282594

FILE ID:LEF409

DATE:05/06/93

TITLE:BIOGRAPHIC SUMMARY FOR ALEXANDER F. WATSON (05/06/93)

TEXT:*93050609.LEF

*LEF409   05/06/93



BIOGRAPHIC SUMMARY FOR ALEXANDER F. WATSON

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Following are excerpts from the biographic summary for Alexander Watson

provided by the State Department.



NAME: Alexander Fletcher Watson

POSITION FOR WHICH CONSIDERED:  Assistant Secretary of State for

Inter-American Affairs



FOREIGN SERVICE GRADE: Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of

Career Minister



DATE/PLACE OF BIRTH:  Aug. 8, 1939

                      Boston, Massachusetts

MARITAL STATUS:  Married

NAME OF SPOUSE:  Judith Tuttle Watson

NAMES OF CHILDREN:  David Fletcher Watson

1                   Caitlin Harlow Watson

EDUCATION:  A.B., Harvard College, 1961

            M.A., University of Wisconsin, 1969

LANGUAGE ABILITY:  Spanish and Portuguese

MILITARY EXPERIENCE: None

WORK EXPERIENCE:

1989-93  Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United

Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and

Plenipotentiary



1986-89  Ambassador to the Republic of Peru

1984-86  Deputy Chief of Mission, American Embassy, Brasilia, Brazil

1981-84  Deputy Chief of Mission, American Embassy, Bogota, Colombia

1979-81  Deputy Chief of Mission, American Embassy, La Paz, Bolivia

1978-79  Director, Office of Development Finance, Bureau of Economic and

Business Affairs, Department of State



1977-78  Deputy Director, Office of Development Finance, Bureau of Economic

and Business Affairs, Department of State



1975-77  Special Assistant for Legislative and Public Affairs, Office of

Development Finance, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of

State



1973-75  Country Officer, Office of Brazilian Affairs, Bureau of

Inter-American Affairs, Department of State



1970-73  Principal Officer, American Consulate, Salvador, Brazil

1969-70  Political Officer, American Embassy, Brasilia, Brazil

1968-69  University Training, University of Wisconsin

1966-68  Intelligence Analyst, Bureau of Intelligence and Research,

Department of State



1964-66  Vice Consul, American Embassy, Madrid, Spain

1962-64  Vice Consul/Third Secretary, American Embassy, Santo Domingo,

Dominican Republic



1962  Entered the Foreign Service

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