Emory University graduate and native of Augusta Larry Palmer is the recently appointed U.S. ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. Previously, Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chavez, refused Mr. Palmer’s appointment as...
Category: Diplomacy
Ambassador Link Brings First Mongolians to Wesleyan
Since China‘s famous Soong sisters attended Wesleyan College in the early 1900s, the Macon women’s school has always had strong links to Asia. It has also hosted students from Russia, but it wasn’t until a native son was posted...
Honorary Consul of Hungary Joins Atlanta Law Firm
John E. Parkerson Jr., the honorary consul of Hungary based in Atlanta, has joined the law firm Hall Booth Smith and Slover PC to provide counseling on general corporate matters...
Republic of Georgia’s First Lady Visits Atlanta
Dutch-born Sandra Roelofs-Saakashvili, the first lady of the Republic of Georgia and an advocate for orphaned and abandoned children, was honored at a reception at the Southern Center for International...