Ulric St. Clair Haynes, Jr. | |
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6th United States Ambassador to Algeria | |
In office July 13, 1977 – January 28, 1981 |
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President |
Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Richard Bordeaux Parker |
Succeeded by | Michael H. Newlin |
Personal details | |
Born |
Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
June 8, 1931
Political party | Democratic Party |
Spouse(s) | Yolande Toussaint |
Children | Two |
Residence | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
Alma mater |
Amherst College Yale Law School Harvard Business School |
Profession | Diplomat, professor |
Ulric St. Clair Haynes, Jr. (born June 8, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York) is a United States diplomat, lawyer and university professor. He is a former United States Ambassador to Algeria (1977–1981), and a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, Council of American Ambassadors and Council on Foreign Relations.
Haynes, the son of West Indian immigrants to the United States, was one of the first two black campers to be invited to attend Camp Rising Sun, an international, full-scholarship summer camp in 1947.
Haynes graduated from Amherst College in 1952, from Yale Law School in 1956, and Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.
Haynes served with the New York State Department of Commerce, the United States Department of State from 1956 to 1959.
He was on the staff of the National Security Council and served as an administrative officer with the United Nations European Office in Geneva in 1965 and 1966.
From 1960 to 1962, Haynes was assistant to the representative for West Africa of the Ford Foundation in Lagos, Nigeria. Following that, he was assistant to the Foundation's representative for North Africa in Tunis, Tunisia, from 1962 to 1963. From there, he went to work at the State Department, where he was assistant officer in charge of Moroccan affairs from 1963 to 1964. In 1964 and 1965, Haynes became the officer in charge of High Commission Territories and South West Africa. From 1965 to 1966, he served on the staff of the National Security Council at the White House, specializing in African affairs.