Sally Shelton-Colby

Sally Angela Shelton-Colby
United States Ambassador to Barbados
In office
June 7, 1979 – February 24, 1981
accredited to Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Vincent, St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Lucia
PresidentJimmy Carter
Preceded byFrank V. Ortiz Jr.
Succeeded byMilan D. Bish
Personal details
Born (1944-08-29) August 29, 1944 (age 80)
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Eduardo Jimenez
William Colby
Alma materUniversity of Missouri
Johns Hopkins University
Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris
ProfessionDiplomat, Professor

Sally Angela Shelton-Colby (born August 29, 1944) is an American diplomat. She was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Grenada and Dominica as well as Minister to St Lucia, and Special Representative to Antigua, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, and St. Vincent from 1979 to 1981, under Jimmy Carter.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ U.S. Department of State, Archives
  2. ^ U.S. Department of State, Barbados
  3. ^ Ian Shapira, A film by the son of CIA spymaster William Colby has divided the Colby clan, The Washington Post, November 19, 2011. "The couple bonded over their backgrounds in foreign policy. And she, too, had been in a tired marriage — to a Mexican ambassador — that fell apart."
  4. ^ American University faculty webpage