Christopher C. Ashby

Christopher Cox Ashby (born 1946) served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay.

Biography

Background and earlier life Ashby was born in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1968 where he was a member of the Philodemic Society, and received an M.B.A. from the University of Texas Graduate School of Business in 1970. He also attended the MIT Sloan School of Management and Harvard Business School.

He spent four years in the Marine Corps and served in Vietnam.

Career achievements He worked in international banking, most notably for the Chemical Bank and Chase Manhattan Bank. He has also worked for the United Nations. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Small Business Administration, and of the Foreign Policy Association of New York. He is married with four children.

Family

His brother, Lynn C. Ashby, is a columnist for the Houston Chronicle and a former editorial and opinion page editor of the Houston Post.