He helped broker the Lomé Peace Accord which brought an end to hostilities, and he worked to expose the role of blood diamonds in financing armed conflict in Africa.

Ambassador Arnold Raphel died in a plane crash, and he was Deputy Chief of Mission in Lagos, Nigeria, from 1995 to 1998.

[3] Melrose was one of the few diplomats to stay with the US embassy in Freetown after most Americans were evacuated from the capital following the capture of U.N. troops by the RUF.

[5] He retired from the State Department in 2002 and became professor of politics and international relations at Ursinus College, his alma mater.

[1] In 2016, Ursinus College announced the establishment of the Melrose Center for Global Civic Engagement in his honor.