Patricia McMahon Hawkins

Patricia McMahon Hawkins (1949 – October 6, 2021) was a United States career foreign service officer and member of the U.S. State Department. She was the United States ambassador to Togo from 2008 to 2011.

Life and political career Hawkins was born in Pennsylvania. She attended Barnard College and was a graduate of East Stroudsburg University with a bachelor's degree in education. She has also studied French at Georgetown University, the University of Dijon, and New York University.

Hawkins died on October 6, 2021, at the age of 72. She was interred at Rock Creek Cemetery.

Family She was married to Richard S.D. Hawkins, formerly a director of quality improvement for the Otis Elevator Company who quit his job and applied to join the Foreign Service to spend more time with his wife, and has two children, Frédéric and Jessica. Her home in the United States was in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire.