Christopher C. Ashby

Christopher C. Ashby served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, from 1997 to 2001.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Christopher Cox Ashby was born in Dallas, Texas.[1] He graduated from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1968, and received an M.B.A. from the University of Texas Graduate School of Business in 1970.[1] At Georgetown, he was Bill Clinton's roommate.[5] He also attended the MIT Sloan School of Management and Harvard Business School.[1] He spent four years in the Marine Corps and served in Vietnam.[1]

He worked in international banking, most notably for the Chemical Bank and Chase Manhattan Bank.[1] He has also worked for the United Nations.[1] He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Small Business Administration, and of the Foreign Policy Association of New York. He is married with four children.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Embassy biography
  2. ↑ nndb
  3. ↑ American Foreign Service Association
  4. ↑ Uruguay ambassadors list
  5. ↑ C-Span
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Thomas J. Dodd, Jr.		 United States Ambassador to Uruguay Succeeded by
Martin J. Silverstein


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