# Rust Macpherson Deming > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rust_Macpherson_Deming > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rust_Macpherson_Deming.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_Macpherson_Deming > Source revision: 1342545404 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American diplomat (born 1941)}} '''Rust Macpherson Deming''' (born October 11, 1941) is a professor and retired American diplomat. He was the [Deputy Chief of Mission](/source/Deputy_Chief_of_Mission) of the [United States](/source/United_States) to [Japan](/source/Japan) from 1993 to 1996 and [Ambassador](/source/Ambassador) of the United States to [Tunisia](/source/Tunisia) from 2011 to 2013. ==Early life== Deming, a great-great-grandson of [Nathaniel Hawthorne](/source/Nathaniel_Hawthorne), was born in 1941 to father [Olcott Deming](/source/Olcott_Deming), the first U.S. ambassador to [Uganda](/source/Uganda), and mother Louis Macpherson on October 11, 1941, in [Greenwich, Connecticut](/source/Greenwich%2C_Connecticut). He graduated from [Rollins College](/source/Rollins_College) in 1964, and earned a master's degree in East Asian Studies from [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University) in 1981. He is married to Kristen Deming, and has three daughters and seven grandchildren, with his eldest granddaughter currently attending [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University). ==Foreign Service career== Deming joined the [State Department](/source/United_States_Department_of_State) in 1966 as a political officer in the United States Embassy in [Tunis](/source/Tunis), Tunisia. He spent much of his career dealing with Japanese affairs, having served in [Japan](/source/Japan) as Chargé d'Affaires, ad interim, from December 1996 to September 1997 and as [Deputy Chief of Mission](/source/Deputy_Chief_of_Mission) under Ambassador [Walter Mondale](/source/Walter_Mondale) from October 1993 to December 1996.{{cite web|title=U.S. Ambassadors to Japan|url=http://japan2.usembassy.gov/e/amb/tamb-list.html/|publisher=Embassy of the United States Tokyo, Japan|accessdate=15 November 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914122408/http://japan2.usembassy.gov/e/amb/tamb-list.html|archivedate=14 September 2015}} From September 1991 to August 1993, he was Director of the Office of Japanese Affairs in Washington, DC. He served as Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the [American Embassy in Tokyo](/source/Embassy_of_the_United_States%2C_Tokyo) from August 1987 to July 1991. From 1985 to 1986, he was detailed to the [National War College](/source/National_War_College) in Washington, DC. ==Later life== Deming is currently a Senior Fellow at the [Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy](/source/Munk_School_of_Global_Affairs_%26_Public_Policy) at [University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto) and adjunct professor at the [Johns Hopkins University](/source/Johns_Hopkins_University) [School of Advanced International Studies](/source/School_of_Advanced_International_Studies).{{Cite web |title=Rust M. Deming {{!}} The Munk School |url=https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/rust-m-deming |access-date=2026-03-09 |website=munkschool.utoronto.ca |language=en}}{{cite web|title=Rust M. Deming|url=http://www.sais-jhu.edu/users/rdeming3|publisher=Johns Hopkins University|accessdate=15 November 2015}} In 2014, he received the [Order of the Rising Sun](/source/Order_of_the_Rising_Sun), Gold Rays and Neck Ribbon from the government of Japan. He is chairman emeritus of the Japan America Society of Washington, DC and a member of the [Council on Foreign Relations](/source/Council_on_Foreign_Relations), the [American Foreign Service Association](/source/American_Foreign_Service_Association), and the [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University) Alumni Association.{{cite web|title=Conferral of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon upon Ambassador Rust Macpherson Deming Adjunct Professor of Japan Studies at Johns Hopkins University |url=http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/english/html/pressreleases/2013/order-of-the-rising-sun-2013-deming.html|publisher=Embassy of Japan to the United States of America|date=3 November 2013}} ==External links== *[http://www.sais-jhu.edu/users/rdeming3 Johns Hopkins University biography, accessed November 16, 2015] *[http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/english/html/pressreleases/2013/order-of-the-rising-sun-2013-deming.html Embassy of Japan in the United States announcement, November 3, 2013] *[http://adst.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Deming-Rust-M.oh1_.pdf The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training interview, December 8, 2004] == References == {{reflist|30em}} {{s-start}} {{s-dip}} {{succession box|title=[United States Ambassador to Tunisia](/source/United_States_Ambassador_to_Tunisia)|before=[Robin Raphel](/source/Robin_Raphel)|after=[William J. Hudson](/source/William_J._Hudson)|years=2000–2003}} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Deming, Rust Macpherson}} Category:1941 births Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Tunisia Category:Rollins College alumni Category:People from Greenwich, Connecticut Category:Living people Category:20th-century American diplomats Category:21st-century American diplomats --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rust Macpherson Deming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_Macpherson_Deming) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_Macpherson_Deming?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.