What is Edward J. Perkins?
{{Infobox officeholder |image = Ambassador Perkins.jpg |office = [[United States Ambassador to Australia]] |president = [[Bill Clinton]] |term_start = November 24, 1993 |term_end = July 19, 1996 |predecessor = [[Mel Sembler]] |successor = [[Genta H. Holmes]] |office1 =19th [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] |president1 = [[George H. W. Bush]]<br>[[Bill Clinton]] |term_start1 = May 12, 1992 |term_end1 = January 27, 1993 |predecessor1 = [[Thomas R. Pickering]] |successor1 = [[Madeleine Albright]] |office2 = [[Director General of the Foreign Service]] |president2 = [[George H. W. Bush]] |term_start2 = September 22, 1989 |term_end2 = May 7, 1992 |predecessor2 = [[George S. Vest]] |successor2 = [[Genta H. Holmes]] |office3 = [[United States Ambassador to South Africa]] |president3 = [[Ronald Reagan]]<br>[[George H. W. Bush]] |term_start3 = November 27, 1986 |term_end3 = May 22, 1989 |predecessor3 = [[Herman W. Nickel]] |successor3 = [[William L. Swing]] |office4 = [[United States Ambassador to Liberia]] |president4 = [[Ronald Reagan]] |term_start4 = August 28, 1985 |term_end4 = October 22, 1986 |predecessor4 = [[William L. Swing]] |successor4 = [[James Bishop (diplomat)|James Bishop]] |birth_name=Edward Joseph Perkins |birth_date = {{birth date|1928|6|8}} |birth_place = [[Sterlington, Louisiana|Sterlington]], [[Louisiana]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|7|1928|6|8}} |death_place = [[Washington D.C.]], U.S. |spouse = Lucy Chen-mei Liu |children = Katherine Perkins, Sarah Perkins |party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] |education = [[University of Maryland University College|University of Maryland, University College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of Southern California]] ([[Master of Public Administration|MPA]], [[Doctor of Public Administration|DPA]]) }} '''Edward Joseph Perkins''' (June 8, 1928 &ndash; November 7, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Diplomacy