Heyward Isham

Heyward Isham
2nd Coordinator for Counterterrorism
In office
October 26, 1977 – August 1, 1978
PresidentJimmy Carter
Preceded byL. Douglas Heck
Succeeded byAnthony C. E. Quainton
United States Ambassador to Haiti
In office
January 31, 1974 – July 8, 1977
PresidentGerald R. Ford
Jimmy Carter
Preceded byClinton E. Knox
Succeeded byWilliam Bowdoin Jones
Personal details
Born
Henry Heyward Isham

(1926-11-04)November 4, 1926
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedJune 18, 2009(2009-06-18) (aged 82)
Southampton, New York, U.S.
SpouseSheila Eaton Isham
Children3, including Chris Isham
EducationPhillips Academy,
Yale University

Henry Heyward Isham (November 4, 1926 – June 18, 2009), was an American diplomat, Foreign Service Officer and editor. He was the negotiator who played an important role in the talks with North Vietnam that led to the Peace accord of 1973.[1]

  1. ^ Martin Weil, "Deft peace negotiator whose other side did not spare the rod" The Age (July 16, 2009): 19.