Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy
Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy retired from the Foreign Service in January 2001 after a career spanning 45 years with the U.S. Department of State. A fluent Chinese speaker, Mr. Roy spent much of his career in East Asia, where his assignments included Bangkok (twice), Hong Kong, Taipei, Beijing (twice), Singapore, and Jakarta. He also specialized in Soviet affairs and served in Moscow at the height of the Cold War. Ambassador Roy rose to become a three-time ambassador, serving as the top U.S. envoy in Singapore (1984-86), the People’s Republic of China (1991-95), and Indonesia (1996-99). In 1996, he was promoted to the rank of Career Ambassador, the highest rank in the Foreign Service. Ambassador Roy’s final post with the State Department was as Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research.
In January 2001, Ambassador Roy joined Kissinger Associates, Inc., a strategic consulting firm, and currently serves as Vice Chairman. Ambassador Roy also serves as the Chairman of the Council for the Hopkins-Nanjing Center and Vice Chairman of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. Ambassador Roy is also a member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Diplomacy, ConocoPhillips and Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold and a trustee of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He works from offices in New York City and Washington, DC.
Ambassador Roy was born in Nanjing, China of American missionary parents. In 1956, he graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University, where he majored in history and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
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