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'''Mark Wylea Erwin''' (born 30 March,1944) is a former [[United States|U.S.]] ambassador and the president of Erwin Capital, Inc., a family-owned [[investment company]] in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}
'''Mark Wylea Erwin''' (born March 30, 1944) is a former [[United States|U.S.]] ambassador and the president of Erwin Capital, Inc., a family-owned [[investment company]] in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}


==Career==
==Career==

Revision as of 21:52, 8 April 2023

Mark Wylea Erwin
United States Ambassador to Mauritius
United States Ambassador to Seychelles
In office
September 14, 1999 – March 4, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
George W. Bush
Preceded byHarold W. Geisel
Succeeded byJohn Price
Personal details
Born
Mark Wylea Erwin

March 30, 1944

Mark Wylea Erwin (born March 30, 1944) is a former U.S. ambassador and the president of Erwin Capital, Inc., a family-owned investment company in Charlotte, North Carolina.[citation needed]

Career

In 1997, Bill Clinton appointed him to the board of directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. From 1999-2001 Erwin served as Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of the Seychelles and the Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros.[citation needed]

Erwin's books include An Unlikely Journey - Make a Difference. Do Good. Have Fun, Life's Lessons: Lines of Wisdom from a Faithful Stream, and The Practical Ambassador. He also wrote a collection of "For the Journey" books, including Faith For the Journey, Collected Wisdom For the Journey, and Humor For the Journey. Erwin was an Adjunct Professor at the Business School of Winthrop University for several years.[citation needed]

Erwin studied real estate at the University of Tennessee, and in 1969 became a real estate administrator for United Parcel Service. He served four years in the United States Air Force. In 2017, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper appointed Erwin to the North Carolina Banking Commission.[1]

References

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Seychelles
1999–2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Mauritius
2002–2005
Succeeded by