Gordon Giffin

Gordon Giffin
Gordon Giffin
United States Ambassador to Canada
In office
September 17, 1997 – January 20, 2001
Preceded by James Blanchard
Succeeded by Paul Cellucci
Personal details
Born December 29, 1949 (1949-12-29) (age 61)
Springfield, Massachusetts
Political party Democratic
Alma mater Duke University
Emory University
Profession Attorney

Gordon D. Giffin (born December 29, 1949)[1] became the thirty-fourth Ambassador of the United States to Canada on September 17, 1997.

Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Gordon Giffin moved to Canada before his first birthday. He lived in Montreal and Toronto for 17 years, attending Valois Park Elementary School in Pointe Claire and Richview Collegiate in Etobicoke. Giffin earned a B.A. from Duke University in 1971 and a J.D. from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia in 1974.

The Ambassador was nominated for his position by President Bill Clinton on July 1, 1997, and confirmed by the full United States Senate on July 31. Unique among U.S. envoys to Canada, he spent seventeen years of his childhood growing up in Canada.[citation needed]

Prior to his appointment, Giffin practiced law as a senior partner in the firm of Long, Aldridge & Norman (now McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP). He has since returned to McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP and heads the firm's Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs department. From 1975-1979, he was Legislative Director and Chief Counsel to U.S. Senator Sam Nunn in Washington, D.C.

He is only the second U.S. envoy to Canada in history to have come from the southern part of the United States (the first, William Walton Butterworth of Louisiana, served from 1962 to 1968; David Wilkins of South Carolina served from 2005 to 2009.)

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
James Blanchard
US Ambassador to Canada
July 31, 1997 – 2001
Succeeded by
Paul Cellucci

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