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Mr. Horan was a lawyer with the Federal Trade Commission before joining the State Department's Foreign Service in 1960. His foreign tours took him to postings in Iran, Italy, Mali and Liberia before he was named ambassador to Malawi by President Jimmy Carter in 1978. He resigned in 1981 and briefly served as deputy assistant secretary of state for African affairs before retiring.
He then taught international relations at Georgetown University and served as deputy director of the university's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy until 1987. He also worked as a consultant on African affairs.
Mr. Horan was born in Houston and served in the Army during World War II. He was a graduate of Rice University and the University of Houston law school in the early 1950s.
During the 1970s, he attended the National War College and served as an adviser on African affairs to the National Security Council. In retirement, he volunteered to help Alzheimer's patients at IONA Senior Services in Washington.
His marriage to Bonnie M. Horan ended in divorce.
Survivors include his companion, Mary Brady of Washington; three children, Elizabeth Verderosa of Metuchen, N.J., Tessa Bell of Flemington, N.J., and James Horan of Rockville; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
-- Matt Schudel
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