Osborn, David L. (David Lawrence), 1921-1994

David L. Osborn was born on January 11, 1921 in Bethlehem, Indiana. He received a B.A. from Southwestern University at Memphis in 1940, and an M.A. from Harvard University in 1947. From 1942 to 1947 he served as a Japanese Language Officer for the U.S. Navy. On July 13, 1949, Osborn married Helena Anna Polichnowski. Osborn joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1947 and served in the following capacities: vice consul, Tokyo, 1948; information officer U.S. Information Service (USIS), Taipei, Taiwan, 1949 to 1950; consul, Sapporo, Japan, 1951 to 1953, and Kobe, Japan, 1953; international relations officer China Desk, State Department in Washington, 1954 to 1955; member of U.S. delegation to the Geneva Conference with Chinese, 1955 to 1957; political counselor, 1958 to 1961; first secretary to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, 1961 to 1964; assigned to the National War College, 1964 to 1965; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, State Department, 1965 to 1966; deputy chief of mission, Tokyo, 1967 to 1970; Consul General, Hong Kong, 1970 to 1974; and Ambassador to Burma, 1974 to 1977. In 1978 he retired from the Department of State. He died in San Diego, California on September 16, 1994.