About Olcott Deming
Lived 1909 – 2007 (aged 98). Olcott Deming was an American diplomat.
Olcott Hawthorne Deming (February 28, 1909 – March 20, 2007) was an American career diplomat who was the first ambassador of the United States to Uganda.
Early life Deming, a great-grandson of Nathaniel Hawthorne, was born February 28, 1909, in Westchester County, New York.
He graduated from Rollins College in 1935, and worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority and as a teacher in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Career Deming joined the State Department in 1942. From 1957 to 1959, he was U.S. consul general in Okinawa. He served as Ambassador to the newly independent nation of Uganda from 1962 to 1965. He retired in 1969, later becoming an official of the American Foreign Service Association.
Later life Deming died March 20, 2007, aged 98 of sepsis at a hospice in Washington, D.C.
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Who was Olcott Deming?
American diplomat (1909-2007)
When was Olcott Deming born?
Olcott Deming was born on 28 February 1909 in Westchester County.
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Olcott Deming died on 20 March 2007 in Washington, D.C..
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Olcott Deming was a diplomat.
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Olcott Deming was American.
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