Myles Robert Rene Frechette (25 April 1936 – 1 July 2017) was U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon (1983-1987) and Colombia (1994-1997).[2] A career diplomat, he joined the US Foreign Service in 1963; other positions include assistant U.S. trade representative for Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa from 1990 to 1993.[3] He was also Senior Associate with the Center for Strategic and International Studies.[3]