Samuel Rhea Gammon III

Samuel Rhea Gammon III
United States Ambassador to Mauritius
In office
20 December 1978 – 20 January 1980
PresidentJimmy Carter
Preceded byRobert V. Keeley
Succeeded byRobert C. F. Gordon
Personal details
Born(1924-01-22)January 22, 1924
Sherman, Texas, U.S.
DiedOctober 21, 2024(2024-10-21) (aged 100)
Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
ProfessionDiplomat

Samuel Rhea Gammon III (January 22, 1924 – October 21, 2024) was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Mauritius under the Carter Administration.[1] He also served as the Deputy Chief of Mission in Paris under ambassadors Kenneth Rush (1974–77) in France and Arthur Hartman (1977–81). He later resigned the ambassadorship, and was replaced by Robert C. F. Gordon.[2] On February 15, 2012, he endowed a gift of $200,000 to the Department of History at Texas A&M University.[3]

Gammon was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946. In 2020, it was reported that Gammon, aged 96, had donated an estate gift to Texas A&M University's Department of History to honour the memory of his father.[4] He died in Charlottesville, Virginia on October 21, 2024, at the age of 100.[5]

References

  1. ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR SAMUEL R. GAMMON, III" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 2 February 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  2. ^ "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Gamblin to Garchow". politicalgraveyard.com.
  3. ^ "College of Liberal Arts - College of Liberal Arts". Archived from the original on 2013-03-31. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
  4. ^ "An Aggie Abroad". www.txamfoundation.com. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  5. ^ "Samuel Rhea Gammon III". Remember My Journey. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Mauritius
1978–1980 		Succeeded by


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