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Samuel Rhea Gammon III

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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 (age 100)
Sherman, Texas, U.S.
ProfessionDiplomat

Samuel Rhea Gammon III (born January 22, 1924) is an American former diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Mauritius under the Carter Administration. 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.[1] On February 15, 2012, he endowed a gift of $200,000 to the Department of History at Texas A&M University.[2]

Gammon is 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.[3]

References

  1. ^ "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Gamblin to Garchow". politicalgraveyard.com.
  2. ^ "College of Liberal Arts - College of Liberal Arts". Archived from the original on 2013-03-31. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
  3. ^ AN AGGIE ABROAD
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Mauritius
1978–1980
Succeeded by