Patricia Gates Lynch

Patricia Gates Lynch Ewell (born Patricia Ann Lawrence; April 20, 1926 – December 4, 2011) was a former United States Ambassador to Madagascar and the Comoros (1986–89). Ewell served as Press Secretary to First Lady Pat Nixon. She was a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Vice-President of the Council of American Ambassadors. She was born in Newark, New Jersey and died in Fairfax, Virginia, of ovarian cancer.