Robert J. Dieter

Robert J. Dieter (born 1946) is an American lawyer and diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Belize from 2005 to 2009.

Robert J. Dieter
United States Ambassador to Belize
In office
July 25, 2005 – January 23, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded byRussell F. Freeman
Succeeded byVinai Thummalapally
Personal details
Born1946 (age 76–77)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Political partyRepublican
SpouseGwynneth A. E. Dieter
Alma materYale University;
University of Denver
ProfessionLawyer

Biography

Dieter graduated from the Phillips Academy[1] and then attended Yale University as the roommate of future President George W. Bush. He graduated from Yale with a B.A. in 1968[2] and then continued his education at the Vanderbilt University Law School.[1] Dieter earned his J.D. degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 1972.[3] He taught at the University of Colorado Boulder.[4]

In 2003, President Bush appointed Dieter to the board of the Legal Services Corporation.[2] In 2005, he was sworn in as Ambassador to Belize.[5]

On October 30, 1971, Dieter married Gwynneth Ann Fletcher Evans in St. James, Long Island, New York.[1]

References
  1. "Mrs. Robert Dieter, was Gwynneth Evans". The New York Times. October 31, 1971. p. 85. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  2. "Robert J. Dieter". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  3. "Class Giving by Decade" (PDF). Alumni Magazine. Vol. 4, no. 2. University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Summer 2007. p. 53. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  4. "Robert J. Dieter - Clinical Faculty". Lawweb.colorado.edu. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  5. "Robert J. Dieter - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". History.state.gov. Retrieved 8 January 2021.


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