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14 Facts About Sally Shelton-Colby

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Sally Angela Shelton-Colby was born on August 29,1944 and is an American diplomat.

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Sally Shelton-Colby 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.

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Sally Shelton-Colby was born on 29 August 1944 in San Antonio, Texas.

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Sally Shelton-Colby grew up in Monett, Missouri, where she was a cheerleader.

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Sally Shelton-Colby received an MA in International relations from Johns Hopkins University's Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.

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Sally Shelton-Colby was a Fulbright scholar at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris.

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Sally Shelton-Colby worked as legislative assistant to Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen during his 1976-onwards mandate.

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Sally Shelton-Colby was nominated to become United States Ambassador to El Salvador in 1977, but her nomination was rejected.

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Sally Shelton-Colby was Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

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Sally Shelton-Colby was Vice-President for the Bankers Trust in New York City.

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Sally Shelton-Colby currently teaches at American University in Washington, DC.

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Sally Shelton-Colby is currently a board member of the Pan American Health and Education Foundation and serves as Director of the La Pietra Coalition at Vital Voices.

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Sally Shelton-Colby stated he was employed by President of Mexico Adolfo Lopez Mateos and was a part of the Institutional Revolutionary Party.

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Sally Shelton-Colby met her second husband, former Director of Central Intelligence William Colby, in 1982, when he was still married to his first wife, Barbara Colby.