Robert Thomas Hennemeyer

Robert Thomas Hennemeyer (December 1, 1925 Chicago, Illinois - August 21, 2017 Bethesda, Maryland) was a diplomat for the United States for 35 years starting in 1952.

[1] Hennemeyer served as Consul General in Germany twice and was the US Ambassador in The Gambia (1984-1986).

[2][3] He taught at the US Naval Academy.

While in Tanganyika, he was taken hostage “during an army mutiny in then Tanganyika and narrowly escaped being executed by firing squad.”[1] He received his bachelor's degree and master's degrees at the University of Chicago and studied at Oxford University.

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