Dick Carlson | |
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![]() Carlson between 1986 and 1991 | |
United States Ambassador to Seychelles | |
In office October 1, 1991 – July 5, 1992 | |
President | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | James B. Moran |
Succeeded by | Mack F. Mattingly |
Personal details | |
Born | Richard Boynton February 10, 1941 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) |
Lisa McNear Lombardi
(m. 1967; div. 1976)Patricia Caroline Swanson
(m. 1979) |
Children | 2, including Tucker |
Richard Warner Carlson (born Richard Boynton; February 10, 1941) is an American journalist, diplomat and lobbyist who was the director of the Voice of America from 1986 to 1991. Carlson has also been a newspaper and wire service reporter, a magazine writer, a TV and radio correspondent and a documentary filmmaker. He is the father of conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson.[1]