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David M. Ransom

|birth_place=St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |death_date= |death_cause=Heart attack |education=The Choate School
Princeton University (BA)
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (MA) |profession=Diplomat }} David M. Ransom (November 23, 1938 – December 4, 2003) was an American diplomat. A career Foreign Service officer, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the State of Bahrain from 1994 to 1997.

Ransom was born in St. Louis, Missouri on November 23, 1938. His father was a civil engineer who served as a career military officer. When his father died when he was 14, the family had lived in Greenville, Texas, Japan and Greece. Ransom graduated from The Choate School (1956), Princeton University (BA, 1960) and the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (MA, 1962). Ransom entered the Foreign Service in 1965 and served overseas in Yemen, Iran, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Syria, and Bahrain. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1997.

He died from a heart attack while on a trip to New York City, on December 4, 2003, at the age of 65. Provided by Wikipedia