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Robert C. Strong (1915–1999) was a United States diplomat. ==Biography== Born Robert Campbell Strong on September 29, 1915, in Chicago, Illinois,〔http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#RLZ1ATO7O〕 Strong eventually moved to Beloit, Wisconsin. He attended Beloit College, graduating in 1938, and then studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.〔http://www.nndb.com/people/220/000130827/〕 Strong served as U.S. Vice Consul in Prague, Czechoslovakia and in Durban, South Africa. In April 1961, he was appointed Director of the Office of Near Eastern Affairs under Phillips Talbot.〔Panaspornprasit, Chookiat, ''US-Kuwaiti Relations, 1961-1992: An Uneasy Relationship'' (Routledge 2005). Print.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/kennedyjf/xvii/17700.htm )〕 President Kennedy appointed him U.S. Ambassador to Iraq on May 13, 1963. He served in this capacity until 1967. On May 19, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson honored Strong with the National Civil Service League award.〔''Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965'' (U.S. Government Printing Office), 563. Print.〕 He died on December 28, 1999, in Tucson, Arizona, and was buried at Beloit. Strong's son, Gridley Barstow Strong, served in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and was killed during the Battle of Khe Sanh. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert C. Strong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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