Thomas D. Boyatt
| Thomas D. Boyatt | |
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| 7th United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso | |
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In office September 21, 1978 – October 23, 1980 |
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| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Pierre R. Graham |
| Succeeded by | Julius Waring Walker, Jr. |
| 18th United States Ambassador to Colombia | |
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In office December 3, 1980 – April 14, 1983 |
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| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Diego C. Asencio |
| Succeeded by | Lewis Arthur Tambs |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 4, 1933 Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Spouse(s) | Maxine Shearwood |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Thomas David Boyatt (born March 4, 1933 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former diplomat and United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso (1978–80) and Colombia (1980–83). He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy. He was held captive for six days in a Palestinian hijacking in the 1960s. He graduated from Wyoming High School in 1951. He continues to return to his former high school to speak to students during the Wyoming School Foundation Day.
After Boyatt was born in Ohio and graduated from Wyoming High School in 1951, he graduated from Princeton University with his B.A. in 1955. He later received his M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1956 to 1959.
Boyatt joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1959. He served in various diplomatic posts around the globe, including Vice Consul in Chile from 1960 to 1962, Assistant to the Under Secretary of the Treasury (1962–1964), Economic Officer in Luxembourg (1964–1966), and Political Counselor in Cyprus (1967–1970). He later became Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East in Washington D.C.. He was Director of Cyprus Affairs from 1971 to 1974), and was named a member of the Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy the following year. In 1975 Boyatt became Minister-Counselor at the American Embassy in Chile. Boyatt was nominated to be the United States Ambassador to Upper Volta in 1978 by President Jimmy Carter, and in 1980 he was again nominated to serve diplomatically as the United States Ambassador to Colombia. In 1983 Boyatt was promoted to the rank of Career Minister in the Foreign Service.
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