Jenkins, Alfred Lesesne

Alfred le Sesne Jenkins, foreign service officer, lecturer, and writer, was born September 14, 1916, in Manchester, Georgia. He was a graduate of Emory University (1938; LLD., 1973), and Duke University (M. Ed., 1946) and was a student at the University of Chicago's National War College. Jenkins was in the United States Foreign Service (1946-1974) and served in China (1946-1955) and Saudi Arabia (1955). He was also on the U.S. National Security Council (1966-1969); was Chief Liason Officer in Peking, China (1973-1974); and was awarded the Superior Service Award from the U.S. State Department (1973). He worked as a freelance writer after 1974.