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American diplomat (born 1939)
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Kenton Wesley Keith (born November 12, 1939) is a former American career diplomat and ambassador to Qatar from 1992 to 1995. A U.S. Navy veteran, Keith also served as Senior Vice president of programming for the American Academy of Diplomacy. Ambassador Keith has been awarded two presidential service awards and is a Chevalier in the French Order of Arts and Letters.

Personal life

Keith was born on November 12, 1939, in Kansas City, Missouri. His mother, Gertrude Keith, was a civil servant and one of the first African-American women to attend college in the United States. His father, Jimmy Keith, was a Jazz saxophonist and a legend on the Kansas City jazz scene. Keith attended the racially segregated Lincoln High School in Kansas City and was later a student at The University of Kansas where he earned a degree in International Relation and French in 1961. During his time there Keith also completed the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps program, which later led to a career as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. In June 1963, Keith married Brenda Ayo. Keith and Ayo had two children a son, Vincent, and a daughter, Pamela.

Keith is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He is a member of the fraternity's World Policy Council, a think tank whose purpose is to expand Alpha Phi Alpha's involvement in politics and social and current policy to encompass international concerns.

References

  1. "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR KENTON W. KEITH" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 4 June 1998. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  2. "Kenton Keith - The American Academy of Diplomacy". The American Academy of Diplomacy. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  3. "Jimmy Keith | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  4. Dawson, Horace; Edward Brooke; Henry Ponder; Vinton R. Anderson; Bobby William Austin; Ron Dellums; Kenton Keith; Huel D. Perkins; Charles Rangel; Clathan McClain Ross; Cornel West (July 2006). "The Centenary Report Of The Alpha Phi Alpha World Policy Council" (PDF). Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded byMark Gregory Hambley U.S. Ambassador to Qatar
1992–1995 		Succeeded byPatrick N. Theros


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