Baltimore is a native of New York with a degree in international affairs from
George Washington University and a
Juris Doctor from
Harvard Law School. He speaks French, Hungarian, Spanish, and Portuguese. Baltimore was the U.S. consul general in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and was ambassador to
Oman. His prior tours as a political officer include Hungary, Egypt, South Africa, Portugal plus a special assignment to Zambia during the civil war in Rhodesia. From 1994 to 1995 he was a senior policy advisor to Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs
Richard C. Holbrooke. At the Department of State he was also the director of the Regional Affairs Office in the Near Eastern and South Asian Bureau. He was also a special assistant to
Cyrus Vance,
Edmund Muskie and Al Haig. He is now the advisor to the board of directors of
Omran, Muscat. ==References==