David C. Halsted

David Crane Halsted
17th United States Ambassador to Chad
In office September 12, 1996 – August 6, 1999
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Laurence Pope
Succeeded by	Christopher E. Goldthwait
United States Ambassador to Uganda
In office July 18, 1979 – 1980
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Thomas Patrick Melady
Succeeded by	Gordon Robert Beyer
Personal details
Born	1941 (age 75–76) Vermont, United States
Political party	Nonpartisan
Profession	Diplomat

David Crane Halsted (born 1941) is an American diplomat. He served as the United States Ambassador to Chad from 1996 to 1999.

Halsted was born in Vermont in 1941. His mother was Katharine Halsted. Halsted attended Deerfield Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1963. He graduated from George Washington University in 1968 and later joined the U.S. Foreign Service. On June 11, 1996, Halsted was nominated by President Bill Clinton to be the United States Ambassador to Chad. He was confirmed on September 12, 1996, and remained in that post until August 6, 1999.

On September 29, 1998, Halsted's mother died. Halsted also has three siblings, Margaret, Bayard and Alfred.

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