Theresa Anne Tull (born October 2, 1936) was the United States Ambassador to Guyana (1987-1990) and Brunei from 1993 until 1996.[1][2]
Tull was born in Runnemede, New Jersey. She graduated from Camden Catholic High School,[1] has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, and a master’s degree in Southeast Asian Studies from the University of Michigan in 1973.[3]
Career
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Tull was deputy principal officer to the U.S. Consulate General in Da Nang, where she remained until the fall of Vietnam in the spring of 1975, chargé d’affaires in Laos (November 1983 until August 1986) and ambassador to Guyana.[1][3][2]
While in Laos, she negotiated the right to search for remains of soldiers missing in action. She coordinated the evacuation of Da Nang and returned to the US with three Vietnamese children. She cared for them until their parents were able to join them.[4]
Publications
[edit]- A LONG WAY FROM RUNNEMEDE: One Woman’s Foreign Service Journey[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR THERESA A. TULL" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. Library of Congress. 9 November 2004. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Theresa Anne Tull (1936–)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ a b c Tull, Theresa Anne (2012). A LONG WAY FROM RUNNEMEDE: One Woman's Foreign Service Journey. New Academia Publishing/VELLUM Books. ISBN 978-0-9845832-9-4. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
330 Pages, 11 photos paperback
- ^ Svrluga, Susan (October 8, 2014). "At Greenspring retirement community, residents' identities are on display". The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
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