Kenneth Lee Brown (born December 6, 1936)Nomination of Kenneth Lee Brown To Be United States Ambassador to the Congo was an American diplomat who served as the U.S. ambassador to Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Congo-Brazzaville. As a career Foreign Service Officer from 1961 to 1995, he served at the American Embassy in Brussels and six posts in Africa. At the Department of State he held the positions of Deputy Director of UN Political Affairs, Associate Spokesman, Director of Central African Affairs, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Africa.
Brown was nominated as ambassador to the People's Republic of the Congo in November 1981 by President Ronald Reagan.New York Times. "U.S. ENVOY TO CONGO NAMED". Associated Press, November 17, 1981. Retrieved on May 27, 2013. He was later chosen as ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire in August 1989George Bush Presidential Library. "Nomination of Kenneth L. Brown To Be United States Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire". August 24, 1989. Retrieved on May 27, 2013. and as ambassador to Ghana in June 1992, both times by President George H. W. Bush.George Bush Presidential Library. "Nomination of Kenneth L. Brown To Be United States Ambassador to Ghana". June 4, 1992. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
In May 2001, he became president of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, an NGO that promotes understanding of American diplomacy, supports training of US foreign affairs personnel, and conducts oral histories of former Foreign Service officers and ambassadors as part of the Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection at the Library of Congress.
After leaving the foreign service, Brown became director of the Dean Rusk Program in International Studies at Davidson College from 1995 to 2001. He has a BA in international relations from Pomona College, an MA in international relations from Yale University, an MA in political science from New York University, and a Ph.D. in political sociology from University of Cape Coast in Ghana.
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