Shirley Abbott (ambassador)

Shirley Levoy "S.L." Abbott (July 23, 1924 – April 23, 2013) was an American businessman, rancher, politician, and ambassador.

Shirley Abbott
1984
Born(1924-07-23)July 23, 1924
Fairview, Oklahoma, US
DiedApril 23, 2013(2013-04-23) (aged 88)
Coronado, California, US
Alma materPacific University
OccupationOptometrist
Political partyRepublican Party

Born in Fairview, Oklahoma, Abbott lived on a dairy farm in Minnesota with his family and then moved to El Paso, Texas. He served in the United States Army during World War II. He received his bachelor and optometrist degrees from Pacific University. He then practiced optometry in El Paso and was a rancher. He served in the Texas House of Representatives as a Republican 1977–1978.[1] Abbott had asked the Reagan administration to appoint him as United States Ambassador to Belize. Instead, the administration tried to nominate him as United States Ambassador to Guyana, but the nomination was withdrawn.[2] Finally, in 1983, Abbott was appointed United States Ambassador to Lesotho by President Ronald Reagan. Abbott died from complications of congestive heart failure in Coronado, California at age 88.[3][4][5]

Notes
  1. "Abbott". PoliticalGraveyard.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  2. Farnsworth, Clyde H. (20 April 1984). "Foreign Service; Can Just About Anyone be a Good Ambassador?". The New York Times.
  3. Borunda, Daniel (April 23, 2013). "'Former US Ambassador Shirley L. Abbott Dies at 88". El Paso Times. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  4. Texas Legislators:Past and Present-Shirley L. Abbott
  5. "Obituary - Shirley Abbott". El Paso Times. 2013-04-27. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
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