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| Affiliation | Nonpartisan |
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| Name | Larry L. Palmer |
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, Georgia , United States |
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July 13, 1949
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| Died | April 21, 2021
(71 years)
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| Info | Larry Leon Palmer
A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Larry L. Palmer was sworn in on September 9, 2002 as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras.
Ambassador Palmer was born in Augusta, Georgia. He graduated from Emory University (B.A., 1970) and completed his graduate training at Texas Southern University (M.Ed., African History, 1973) and Indiana University Bloomington (Ed. D., Higher Education Administration and African Studies, 1978).
Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Ambassador Palmer served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Liberia, West Africa (1971-1973); as Assistant Director of Financial Aid at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (1973-1974); as a Professor of History at Cuttington College in Suakoko, Liberia (1974-1976); and at Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, North Carolina (1978-1981).
Ambassador Palmer entered the Foreign Service in 1982. He served as Vice Consul in the Dominican Republic from 1982 to 1984, and then as Personnel Officer in Montevideo, Uruguay, and Asuncion, Paraguay, from 1984 to 1986. He worked in the State Department as Staff Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for African Affairs from 1986-87 and then served as Counselor for Administration in Freetown, Sierra Leone from 1987 to 1989.
In 1989, Ambassador Palmer became a Pearson Fellow, serving as Assistant to the President of the University of Texas at El Paso. His portfolio was advancing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), creating faculty and student exchange opportunities in universities throughout Mexico, and serving as University consultant for International Affairs. At the end of two years as a Pearson Fellow, Ambassador Palmer left to serve as Personnel Officer in Seoul, Korea, from 1991 to 1994, and later served as Counselor for Administration in the Dominican Republic from 1994 to 1998.
From 1998 to 1999, Ambassador Palmer attended the Senior Seminar. Later in August 1999, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Quito, Ecuador, where he also served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim from July 2001 until July 2002.
Ambassador Palmer is married to Lucille Saundle Palmer, and they have one son Vincent.
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