Harriet Winsar Isom

Harriet Winsar Isom (born November 4, 1936, Heppner, Oregon)[1] is a retired Career Foreign Service Officer who was Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Laos (August 1986-August 1989) and Ambassador to Benin (January 26, 1990 – November 14, 1992) and Cameroon (August 17, 1992 – January 15, 1996),[2][3]

During Isom's tenure in Laos, an agreement was reached regarding US aide to Laos and Laos looking for Americans who had been missing since the Vietnam War.[4][5]

Isom graduated from Mills College (B.A., 1958) and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (M.A.L.D., 1960).[1]

References
  1. "Nomination of Harriet Winsar Isom To Be United States Ambassador to Cameroon" (PDF). GPO.gov. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. "Former U.S. Ambassadors to Cameroon". US Embassy in Cameroon. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  3. "Harriet W. Isom (1936–)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  4. Crossette, Barbara (November 21, 1987). "U.S. and Laos in Accord on the Missing". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  5. "Laos to Search Crash Site for MIAs". Los Angeles Times. November 22, 1987. Retrieved 7 February 2020.


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