Elizabeth Davenport McKune explained

Office:	United States Ambassador to Qatar
Term Start:	1998
Term End:	2001
President:	Bill Clinton George W. Bush
Predecessor:	Patrick N. Theros
Successor:	Maureen E. Quinn
Birth Date:	15 November 1947
Birth Place:	Detroit, Michigan

Elizabeth Davenport McKune (born November 15, 1947, in Detroit, Michigan)^[1] is a Career Foreign Service Officer who served as the United States Ambassador to Qatar from 1998 until 2001.^[2] She retired in 2006. In 2007, she became executive director of the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC) in Washington, D.C.

Early life

McKune's parents are Colonel Clarence M. Davenport Jr. (a West Point graduate) and Yolande Davenport (née Bradfield - a National Institute of Mental Health psychiatric social worker).

Education

B.A., Carleton College, Minnesota, 1970
M.A., Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies 1972
National War College, with distinction, 1993^[3]

Notes and References

Web site: Elizabeth Davenport McKune . BlackPasr . 16 February 2015 . 1 December 2019.
Web site: Elizabeth Davenport McKune . Office of the Historian . 1 December 2019.
Web site: Elizabeth Davenport McKune . US State Department Archive . 1 December 2019.