Robert Henry McBride (May 25, 1918 – December 26, 1983)Robert Mcbride, United States Social Security Death Index was an American diplomat.Robert H. McBride, 65, Was U.S. Ambassador, The New York Times, December 28, 1983 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.United States Department of State archive, CongoUnited States Department of State archive, Mexico
Biography
Early life Robert Henry McBride was born in England to American parents, and attended schools in Spain and France. As a result, he spoke French and Spanish fluently. He graduated from Princeton University in 1940.
Career
He joined the United States Foreign Service in 1941, and served in embassies in Havana, Algiers, Naples, Port-au-Prince, Rabat, Paris and Madrid. He served as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1967 to 1969, and to Mexico from 1969 to 1974.
In 1974, he became a diplomat-in-residence at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. He sat on the board of directors of the Inter-American Council for Immigration and Development.
Personal life He was married to Jacqueline McBride, and they had three children.
Bibliography Mexico and the United States (editor; Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1981)
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