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{{Short description|American career diplomat}}
'''Roscoe Seldon "Rocky"<ref name="Rocky">Reinhart, A. Kevin, and Gilbert S. Merritt. "[http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst;jsessionid=JQGXLh0TQ0MbLPPs164nrL2vBYhTmnpJchCnRTNKJp22vkCLYLp5!-1401668839?docId=5005832397 Reconstruction and Constitution Building in Iraq]." ''Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law'' 37. 2004.</ref> Suddarth''' (born [[1935]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[Diplomacy|career diplomat]]. Suddarth was a [[Foreign Service Officer]] and served as [[United States Ambassador to Jordan]] from 1987 to 1990. He is currently secretary of the [[American Academy of Diplomacy]].▼
{{Infobox officeholder
| NAME name = Suddarth, Roscoe SeldonSuddarth▼
|office = [[Inspector General of the Department of State]]<br>Acting
|president = [[George W. Bush]]
|term_start = February 15, 1994
|term_end = June 12, 1994
|predecessor = Sherman Funk
|successor = Harold Geisel (Acting)
|office1 = [[United States Ambassador to Jordan]]
|president1 = [[Ronald Reagan]]<br>[[George H. W. Bush]]
|term_start1 = September 16, 1987
|term_end1 = July 27, 1990
|predecessor1 = [[Paul H. Boeker]]
|successor1 = [[Roger Gran Harrison|Roger Harrison]]
|birth_name = Roscoe Seldon Suddarth
|birth_date = {{birth date|1935|8|5}}
|birth_place = [[Louisville, Kentucky]], U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2013|6|29|1935|8|5}}
|death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
|education = [[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[New College, Oxford]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]<br>[[University of Maryland, College Park]] ([[Master of Music|MM]])
}}▼
▲'''Roscoe Seldon "Rocky" Suddarth'''<ref name="Rocky">Reinhart, A. Kevin, and Gilbert S. Merritt. "[httphttps://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst;jsessionid=JQGXLh0TQ0MbLPPs164nrL2vBYhTmnpJchCnRTNKJp22vkCLYLp5!-1401668839?docId=5005832397 Reconstruction and Constitution Building in Iraq]." ''Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law'' 37. 2004.</ref> Suddarth''' (bornAugust 5, [[1935]] – June 29, 2013) iswas an [[United States|American]] [[Diplomacy|career diplomat]]. Suddarth was a [[Foreign Service Officer]] and served as [[United States Ambassador to Jordan]] from 1987 to 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 March 1999 |title=The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR ROSCOE S. SUDDARTH |url=https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Suddarth,%20Roscoe%20S.toc.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709174849/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Suddarth,%20Roscoe%20S.toc.pdf |archive-date=9 July 2024 |access-date=5 August 2024 |website=Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training}}</ref> He isserved currentlyas the secretary of the [[American Academy of Diplomacy]] until his death.
 
==Career==
Suddarth graduated from [[Yale University]], where he was a member of [[Scroll and Key Society]],{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}, with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1956 and from [[New College, Oxford]] with a Bachelor of Arts and ([[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|promoted to a Master of Arts]] per tradition) in modern history in 1958, studied systems analysis at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], and a master in Music from the University of Maryland in 2012.<ref name="Nom">"[http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/070187a.htm Nomination of Roscoe Seldon Suddarth To Be United States Ambassador to Jordan]." Speech by Ronald Reagan, 1 July 1987.</ref> He served in the [[Air National Guard]] from 1958 to 1961.<ref name="Nom"/>
 
Suddarth joined the [[United States Foreign Service]] in 1961 and served as [[Diplomatic rank|third secretary]] at the U.S. Embassy in [[Bamako]], [[Mali]], from 1961 to 1963.<ref name="Nom"/> From 1963 to 1965, he took [[Arabic language]] training at the [[Foreign Service Institute]] at the U.S. Embassy in [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]].<ref name="Nom"/> From there he was assigned first as [[Diplomatic rank|second secretary]] to the U.S. Embassy in [[Sana'a]], [[Yemen Arab Republic]] from 1965 to 1967, and then to the U.S. Embassy in [[Tripoli]], [[Libya]] from 19691967 to 19711970.<ref name="Nom"/>
 
Suddarth returned to [[Harry S Truman Building|State Department Headquarters]] as the Libyan desk officer until 19711972, when he took university training at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], graduating with a [[Master of Science]] in 1972.<ref name="Nom"/> From 1972 to 1973, he served as politico-military officer in the [[Bureau of Political-Military Affairs|Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs]] in the Department of State, to be followed as [[deputy chief of mission]] at the U.S. Embassy in [[Amman]], [[Jordan]] from 1975 to 1979.<ref name="Nom"/>
 
Suddarth became Executive Assistant to the [[Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs]] from 1979 to 1981.<ref name="Nom"/> He then participated in the senior seminar for a year before becoming deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia]].<ref name="Nom"/> From 1985 to 1987 Suddarth was Deputy [[Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs|Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs]].<ref name="Nom"/>
 
[[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] nominated Suddarth to be [[United States Ambassador to Jordan]] on July 31, 1987.<ref name="Nom"/> Confirmed by the [[United States Senate|Senate]], he presented his [[credential]]s on September 16, 1987. Suddarth left the post on July 27, 1990.<ref name="CoM">"[httphttps://www2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10893.htm Chiefs of Mission, Jordan]." United States Department of State.</ref>
 
Suddarth was Deputy [[Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State|Inspector General of the Department of State]] from 1991 to 1994 and International Affairs Advisor and Professor at the [[Naval War College]] in [[Newport, Rhode Island]] from 1993 to 1994.<ref name="IDMES">"[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/data/indiv/area/idmes/SUDDARTH,Roscoe.htm Roscoe S. Suddarth (Middle East Institute)]." ''IDMES: International Directory of Middle East Scholars''. [[Columbia University]] Libraries.</ref> He retired from the Foreign Service in June 1995 with the rank of [[Diplomatic rank|Career Minister]].<ref name="IDMES"/>
 
After retiring Suddarth became president of the [[Middle East Institute]].<ref name="IDMES"/> Suddarth also served as president of the [[American-Iranian Council]]<ref name="AIC">"[http://www.american-iranian.org/home.php?mains=10&subs=141 Roscoe S. Suddarth] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026144146/http://www.american-iranian.org/home.php?mains=10&subs=141 |date=2007-10-26 }}." American-Iranian Council.</ref> as on the Board of Advisors of the [[Center for Contemporary Arab Studies]] at the [[Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service]] at [[Georgetown University]].<ref name="CCAS">"[http://ccas.georgetown.edu/center-who-board.cfm?id=22 The Hon. Roscoe Suddarth] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903070356/http://ccas.georgetown.edu/center-who-board.cfm?id=22 |date=2006-09-03 }}." Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.</ref>
 
In 2008 Suddarth received his [[master's degree]] in [[music]] from the [[University of Maryland, College Park]]; his [[thesis]] was "French Stewardship of Jazz: The Case of French Musique and French Culture."<ref name="yale56">Lord, Charles P. "[http://www.yale56.org/class_notes/class_notes.htm Class Notes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216155638/http://yale56.org/class_notes/class_notes.htm |date=2008-12-16 }}." yale56.org November-DecemberNovember–December 2008.</ref>
 
Suddarth iswas articulate in Arabic, [[French language|French]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. He ishad marriedtwo andchildren haswith twowife childrenof fifty years, Michele.<ref name="Nom"/>
 
==References==
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==External links==
*[httphttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june99/abdullah_2-8.html Interview] with Suddarth from [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS']] ''[[The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer|NewsHour with Jim Lehrer]]'', February 8, 1999
*[http://www.namebase.org/xstr/Roscoe-S-Suddarth.html Suddarth] on [[NameBase]] ([http://www.webcitationnamebase.org/64lLLnaR2xstr/Roscoe-S-Suddarth.html Archive]{{dead link|date=August 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}})
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