George M. Lane (diplomat)

Lane was born 15 October 1928, in Baltimore, Md. He graduated from Cornell University in 1951 and from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1957.^[4] Lane served in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1954.^[2] He was Deputy Director, then Acting Director of the Office of North African Affairs at the State Department.

• Officer at the State Department (1970–1972)^[2]
• International relations officer (1972–1973)^[2]
• Acting Director of the Office of North African Affairs at the State Department (1973–1974)^[2]
• Deputy Chief of Mission in Mbabane (1974–1976)^[2]
• Deputy Chief of Mission in Beirut (1976)^[2]
• U.S. Ambassador to Yemen (1978–1981)^[1]