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Lewis Arthur Tambs
1985, on right, with Ronald Reagan

United States Ambassador to Colombia
In office May 2, 1983 – February 15, 1985
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Thomas D. Boyatt
Succeeded by	Charles A. Gillespie Jr.
United States Ambassador to Costa Rica
In office August 1, 1985 – January 1, 1987
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Curtin Winsor Jr.
Succeeded by	Deane R. Hinton

Personal details
Born	(1927-07-07)July 7, 1927 San Diego
Died	October 19, 2017(2017-10-19) (aged 90) Tempe, Arizona
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Santa Barbara

Lewis Arthur Tambs (July 7, 1927 — October 19, 2017) was an American ambassador to Colombia from 1983–1985 and Costa Rica from 1985–1987. Tambs was born in San Diego, California.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded byCurtin Winsor Jr.	United States Ambassador to Colombia 1983–1985	Succeeded byDeane R. Hinton
Preceded byThomas D. Boyatt	United States Ambassador to Costa Rica 1985–1987	Succeeded byCharles A. Gillespie Jr.

v t e United States ambassadors to Colombia
Gran Colombia
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Anderson Watts (chargé d'affaires) Harrison Moore
Republic of New Granada
Chargé d'Affaires	McAfee Semple Blackford Bidlack Foote King Green
Minister Resident	Bowlin Jones
United States of Colombia
Minister Resident	Burton Sullivan Hurlbut Scruggs Dichman Maney
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Scruggs Jacob
Republic of Colombia
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Maury Abbott McKinney Hart Beaupre Russell Barrett T. Dawson Northcott DuBois Thompson Philip Piles Caffery Whitehouse W. Dawson
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Braden Lane Wiley Beaulac Waynick Schoenfeld Bonsal Cabot McIntosh Freeman Oliver Carlson Vaughn Saccio Vaky Sanchez Asencio Boyatt Tambs Gillespie McNamara Busby Frechette Kamman Patterson Wood Brownfield McKinley Whitaker Goldberg Palmieri (chargé d'affaires)

v t e United States ambassadors to Costa Rica
Minister Resident	Borland (Envoy) Lamar Dimitry Riotte Lawrence Blair Williamson Logan
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Hall Mizner Pacheco Shannon Baker Merry Einstein Hale S. Johnson (a.i.) Martin (a.i.) Thurston (a.i.) R. Davis Eberhardt Sack Hornibrook Lane Scotten
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Des Portes H. Johnson Donnelly N. Davis Flack Fleming Hill Woodward Willauer Telles Boonstra Ploeser Vaky Todman Weissman McNeil Winsor Tambs Hinton Guinot Homme (a.i.) Harrington (a.i.) Becelia (a.i.) de Vos Dodd Danilovich Langdale Brennan (a.i.) Cianchette Andrew Haney Day Telles

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