Michael P. E. Hoyt

Michael Phelps Evans Hoyt
Secretary's Award of Michael P.E. Hoyt
Consul of the United States in Stanleyville
PresidentLyndon B. Johnson
Personal details
Born(1929-11-16)November 16, 1929
Chicago
DiedDecember 14, 2016(2016-12-14) (aged 87)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
SpouseJo Wasson
Children4
Parents
EducationNorthwestern University (graduate studies in economics and African affairs)
Alma materUniversity of Illinois (Master's Degree in Modern European History)
AwardsSecretary's Award

Michael Phelps Evans Hoyt (Chicago, 16 November 1929 — Santa Fe, New Mexico, 14 December 2016) was an American Foreign Service Officer and, as his country's consul in Stanleyville, a hostage for 111 days during the Simba rebellion.

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