Thomas Patrick Melady

Thomas Patrick Melady
Melady, circa 1972
3rd United States Ambassador to the Holy See
In office 1989–1993
President	George H.W. Bush
Preceded by	Frank Shakespeare
Succeeded by	Raymond Flynn
3rd United States Ambassador to Burundi
In office January 31, 1970 – May 25, 1972
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	George W. Renchard
Succeeded by	Michael Hoyt (as Chargé d'affaires)[1]
Senior advisor to the US delegation to the UN General Assembly
In office 1970–1973
President	Richard Nixon
4th United States Ambassador to Uganda
In office July 30, 1972 – February 9, 1973
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr.
Succeeded by	David 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
Died	January 6, 2014(2014-01-06) (aged 86) Washington D.C., United States of America
Political party	Republican
Children	2
Education	Duquesne 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.