Carleton S. Coon Jr.

Carleton Stevens Coon Jr. (1927 – December 3, 2018) was a career foreign service officer who served as the American Ambassador to Nepal.

[1][2] At the time, his wife Jean (née Abell) served as Ambassador in Dacca, Bangladesh.

[3] He died on December 3, 2018, in Warrenton, Virginia.

[4] A Harvard graduate (majoring in geography), Coon joined the Foreign Service upon graduating in 1949 and served in West Germany, Syria, India, Iran, Nepal and Morocco.

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