Ulric Haynes

Ulric St. Clair Haynes Jr. (June 8, 1931 – August 21, 2020) was an American diplomat, lawyer, and university professor. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Algeria from 1977 to 1981, and a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, Council of American Ambassadors and Council on Foreign Relations.

Biography Haynes, the son of Barbadian immigrants to the United States, was one of the first two black campers to be invited to attend Camp Rising Sun, an international, full-scholarship summer camp in 1947.

Haynes graduated from Amherst College in 1952, from Yale Law School in 1956, and attended the Harvard Business Schools six-week Advanced Management Program.

Public service and business career Haynes served with the New York State Department of Commerce, the United States Department of State from 1956 to 1959.

From 1960 to 1962, Haynes was assistant to the representative for West Africa of the Ford Foundation in Lagos, Nigeria. Following that, he was assistant to the Foundation's representative for North Africa in Tunis, Tunisia, from 1962 to 1963. From there, he went to work at the State Department, where he was assistant officer in charge of Moroccan affairs from 1963 to 1964. In 1964 and 1965, Haynes became the officer in charge of High Commission Territories and South West Africa. From 1965 to 1966, he served on the staff of the National Security Council at the White House, specializing in African affairs. and served from 1977 to 1981. He was one of the negotiators during the Iran hostage crisis at American embassy in Iran. He is an adjunct professor of international relations at Rollins College and the University of Central Florida. Haynes says that "contact with students" is what he likes most about teaching.

Personal life and death Haynes was married to the former Yolande Toussaint and had two children.