Robert McCallum, Jr.

For the pornographic director of the same name, see Gary Graver Robert D. McCallum. Jr. (born 1946) was the United States Ambassador to Australia. He was sworn into this position on 21 July 2006, after his appointment by President George W. Bush was confirmed by the United States Senate. He arrived in Australia on 18 August and presented his credentials to the Governor-General of Australia on 23 August . He resigned from the post on 20 January, 2... more

For the pornographic director of the same name, see Gary Graver Robert D. McCallum. Jr. (born 1946) was the United States Ambassador to Australia. He was sworn into this position on 21 July 2006, after his appointment by President George W. Bush was confirmed by the United States Senate. He arrived in Australia on 18 August and presented his credentials to the Governor-General of Australia on 23 August . He resigned from the post on 20 January, 2009. McCallum was born in Memphis, Tennessee, where his father, Robert D. McCallum, was a businessman . He was educated at Presbyterian Day School in Memphis and then at Choate Rosemary Hall, an exclusive school in Wallingford, Connecticut. He then went to Yale University, where he graduated in 1968. Among his friends at Yale was his near-exact contemporary and roommate, George W. Bush. He and Bush are fellow members of the influential Skull and Bones society. In 1968 McCallum was named a Rhodes Scholar and attended Oxford University in... less