Curtis Warren Kamman

Who is Curtis Warren Kamman?

Curtis Warren Kamman is a former career diplomat.

Kamman graduated from Tucson High School and Yale University and entered the Foreigh Service in 1960. He served as United States Ambassador to Bolivia, Chile, and Colombia. Kammen also served in various positions in the United States Department of State, including Director of East African Affairs, and in diplomatic assignments in Mexico, Hong Kong, Kenya, Cuba and the Soviet Union. In 1991, he was sent by President George H. W. Bush to re-establish diplomatic relations with the newly independent nations of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

Kamman retired from the Foreign Service in 2000. After his retirement, Kamman taught diplomacy and U.S. foreign policy at the University of Notre Dame. He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy.