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Shirley Elizabeth Barnes (born 1938) is a former United States diplomat.<ref name="Gettysburg College"></ref> |
Shirley Elizabeth Barnes (born 1938) is a former United States diplomat.<ref name="Gettysburg College"></ref> |
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A career Foreign Service officer, she was appointed United States Ambassador to Madagascar from June 29, 1998 to July 28, 2001 <ref name="State Department Chiefs of Missions">{{cite web|url=http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/chiefsofmission/madagascar|accessdate=20 June |
A career Foreign Service officer, she was appointed United States Ambassador to Madagascar from June 29, 1998 to July 28, 2001 <ref name="State Department Chiefs of Missions">{{cite web|url=http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/chiefsofmission/madagascar|accessdate=20 June 2015|Title=Chiefs of Mission for Madagascar}}</ref>.<ref name=StateDept>{{cite web|title=Shirley Elizabeth Barnes|url=http://www.state.gov/1997-2001-NOPDFS///publications/statemag/statemag_sept98/appoint.html|website=US State Department|accessdate=20 June 2015}}</ref> She was a part of the Senior Seminar Class of the National War College graduating in 1995.<ref name=StateDept></ref> |
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Ambassador Barnes was the director of Western European affairs in the Bureau of European Affairs a the United Stats Department of State and served as a diplomat in West Berlin, Cairo, Sofia and Dakar. She was also consul general in Strasbourg, France.<ref name=StateDept></ref> |
Ambassador Barnes was the director of Western European affairs in the Bureau of European Affairs a the United Stats Department of State and served as a diplomat in West Berlin, Cairo, Sofia and Dakar. She was also consul general in Strasbourg, France.<ref name=StateDept></ref> |
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Shirley Elizabeth Barnes (born 1938) is a former United States diplomat.[1] A career Foreign Service officer, she was appointed United States Ambassador to Madagascar from June 29, 1998 to July 28, 2001 [2].[3] She was a part of the Senior Seminar Class of the National War College graduating in 1995.[3]
Ambassador Barnes was the director of Western European affairs in the Bureau of European Affairs a the United Stats Department of State and served as a diplomat in West Berlin, Cairo, Sofia and Dakar. She was also consul general in Strasbourg, France.[3]
Before joining the Foreign Service, Ambassador Barnes rose to vice president in several major advertising agencies and worked for the Ford Foundation in the Republic of Congo-Kinshasa. She also worked for the historic African-American Institute in New York City.[3]
She received a master's degree from Columbia University and an undergraduate bachelor's degree from Baruch College.[3]
In 2004 she founded the Barnes Findley Foundation, a non-profit foundation dedicated to supporting women and girls in the African Diaspora with an emphasis on anti-human trafficking and economic empowerment.[4]
Ambassador Barnes received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 2006 from Knox College.[4]
She is a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and the American Foreign Service Association. She is also an avid patron of African art [1] and a French speaker.[3]
- ^ a b Archive of Past Events https://www.gettysburg.edu/academics/africana_studies/special-events/archive.dot. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/chiefsofmission/madagascar. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help); Unknown parameter|Title=ignored (|title=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e f "Shirley Elizabeth Barnes". US State Department. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ a b Ambassador Shirley E. Barnes Honorary Degree http://departments.knox.edu/newsarchive/news_events/2006/x12685.html. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
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