Heyward Isham | |
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2nd Coordinator for Counterterrorism | |
In office October 26, 1977 – August 1, 1978 | |
President | Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | L. Douglas Heck |
Succeeded by | Anthony C. E. Quainton |
United States Ambassador to Haiti | |
In office January 31, 1974 – July 8, 1977 | |
President | Gerald R. Ford Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | Clinton E. Knox |
Succeeded by | William Bowdoin Jones |
Personal details | |
Born | Henry Heyward Isham November 4, 1926 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | June 18, 2009 Southampton, New York, U.S. | (aged 82)
Spouse | Sheila Eaton Isham |
Children | 3, including Chris Isham |
Education | Phillips 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]