Shirley Temple Black was named to named to several posts by different presidents, as reported by ADST (Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training) Not sure if this means anything. I always thought she was a good actress and wondered why she got involved in the politics--but I was younger than and didn't think a lot about it.
In 1968 she was at a conference in Prague when the Soviets invaded. The beginning of her diplomatic career came shortly thereafter, when President Nixon appointed her as a delegate to the United Nations. President Ford named her ambassador to Ghana in 1974, and later as his Chief of Protocol, the first woman to hold that job.
In 1989, President George H.W. Bush named her ambassador to Czechoslovakia, just a few months before communist rule was overthrown. President Reagan asked her to direct the Ambassadorial Seminar at the Foreign Service Institute and she served as a member of the Board and Advisory Council of ADST. She died February 10, 2014.
Shirley Temple Black was named to named to several posts by different presidents, as reported by ADST (Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training) Not sure if this means anything. I always thought she was a good actress and wondered why she got involved in the politics--but I was younger than and didn't think a lot about it.
In 1968 she was at a conference in Prague when the Soviets invaded. The beginning of her diplomatic career came shortly thereafter, when President Nixon appointed her as a delegate to the United Nations. President Ford named her ambassador to Ghana in 1974, and later as his Chief of Protocol, the first woman to hold that job.
In 1989, President George H.W. Bush named her ambassador to Czechoslovakia, just a few months before communist rule was overthrown. President Reagan asked her to direct the Ambassadorial Seminar at the Foreign Service Institute and she served as a member of the Board and Advisory Council of ADST. She died February 10, 2014.
Sounds like she had a really good run....