Thomas Patrick Melady

Thomas Patrick Melady
Melady, circa 1972
3rd United States Ambassador to the Holy See
In office
1989–1993
PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush
Preceded byFrank Shakespeare
Succeeded byRaymond Flynn
3rd United States Ambassador to Burundi
In office
January 31, 1970 – May 25, 1972
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byGeorge W. Renchard
Succeeded byMichael Hoyt (as Chargé d'affaires)[1]
Senior advisor to the US delegation to the UN General Assembly
In office
1970–1973
PresidentRichard Nixon
4th United States Ambassador to Uganda
In office
July 30, 1972 – February 9, 1973
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byClarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr.
Succeeded byDavid Crane Halsted (Acting)
Gordon Robert Beyer (Ambassador)
President of the Africa Service Institute
In office
1959–1967
President of Sacred Heart University
In office
1976–1986
Senior Diplomat at The Institute of World Politics
In office
2002–2014
Personal details
Born(1927-03-04)March 4, 1927
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States of America
DiedJanuary 6, 2014(2014-01-06) (aged 86)
Washington D.C., United States of America
Political partyRepublican
Children2
EducationDuquesne University (1950, B.A.)
The Catholic University of America (1955, M.A, Ph.D.)

Thomas Patrick Melady (March 4, 1927 – January 6, 2014) was an American diplomat and author. From 2002 until his death he served as the Senior Diplomat in residence at The Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C.

  1. ^ "The United States and Burundi in 1972" (PDF). Foreign Service Journal: 9. 1973-11-01.