Horace Gates Torbert Jr. (October 7, 1911 – March 24, 2008), also known as Tully Torbert, was an American diplomat. A career Foreign Service Officer, he acted as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Hungary from February 1961 to December 1962, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Somalia (1963–1965)[1] and Bulgaria (1970–1973).[2]

Gates was born in Washington D.C. on October 7, 1911.[3] He graduated from Yale University and Harvard Business School.[4] He died on March 24, 2008, at the age of 96.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Former Ambassadors to Somalia". US Embassy in Somalia. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Horace G. Torbert Jr". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  3. ↑ Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: Volumes 6–52. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. 1970. p. 1236. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "AMBASSADOR HORACE G. TORBERT" (PDF). The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Recent alumni deaths". Yale Alumni Magazine. July 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2022.


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