Jump to content

Robert H. McBride

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Robert McBride (ambassador))

Robert Henry McBride (May 25, 1918 – December 26, 1983)[1] was an American diplomat.[2] He served as United States Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1967 to 1969 and as United States Ambassador to Mexico from 1969 to 1974.[2][3][4]

Biography

[edit]

Early life

[edit]

Robert Henry McBride was born in Aberdeen, Scotland to American parents, and attended schools in Spain and France. As a result, he spoke French and Spanish fluently.[2] He graduated from Princeton University in 1940.[2]

Career

[edit]
McBride (left) with Congolese President Joseph-Désiré Mobutu and Foreign Minister Justin Marie Bomboko shortly after presenting his credentials as Ambassador to the Congo, 1967

He joined the United States Foreign Service in 1941, and served in embassies in Havana, Algiers, Naples, Port-au-Prince, Rabat, Paris and Madrid.[2] He served as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1967 to 1969, and to Mexico from 1969 to 1974.[2]

In 1974, he became a diplomat-in-residence at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.[2] He sat on the board of directors of the Inter-American Council for Immigration and Development.[2]

Personal life

[edit]

He was married to Jacqueline McBride, and they had three children.[2]

Bibliography

[edit]
  • Mexico and the United States (editor; Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1981)

References

[edit]
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by United States Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
1967–1969
Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Mexico
1969–1974
Succeeded by