Eileen R. Donovan

Eileen Roberta Donovan (April 13, 1915 – December 19, 1996) was an American educator who served as the American Ambassador to Barbados from 1969 to 1974, after being a consul in Barbados in 1960, and consul general in 1962.

Early life and education Donovan was born in Boston on April 13, 1915, the daughter of William F. Donovan. Her father was a fire chief. She attended Girls' Latin School in Boston, and received a master of public administration degree from Harvard in 1957. working with other American educators including Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve and Charles S. Johnson, and also with Japanese educators.

Donovan joined the Foreign Service in 1948. She was a political liaison officer in the Philippines, Italy, and Japan, and served as chief of the Southern Europe branch of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research in the 1950s. She was a consul in Barbados in 1960, and in 1962 became consul general. She retired in 1974, after a back injury.

Personal life and death Donovan died on December 19, 1996, at the age of 81, in Spring Hill, Florida.