William Edwin Ryerson Explained

Office:6th United States Ambassador to Albania
Term Start:December 21, 1991
Term End:October 13, 1994
Preceded:Hugh Gladney Grant
Succeeded:Joseph Edward Lake
Birth Date:10 December 1936
Birth Place:Pompton Lakes, New Jersey
Education:Cornell University

William Edwin Ryerson (born December 10, 1936) is an American former diplomat who was a career Foreign Service Officer. He served as the U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Albania from 1991 until 1994.[1]

Ryerson was born in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey on December 10, 1936.[2] After a 52-year break, diplomatic relations between the United States and Albania were re-established on March 15, 1991. The U.S. Embassy in Tirana opened October 1, 1991. Christopher Hill as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim until Ryerson presented his credentials on December 21, 1991.[3]

The Cornell University graduate (he began as an engineering major before switching to history) was consul general in Yugoslavia in the late 1980s.[4]

References

  1. Web site: William Edwin Ryerson . Office of the Historian . 17 November 2019.
  2. Book: State, December 1991 . 1991 . United States Department of State . 10 . 23 September 2022.
  3. Web site: U.S. Embassy Tirana . US Embassy Tirana . US Embassy Albania . 17 November 2019.
  4. News: Rudstam . Pelle . Alumnus recounts harrowing anecdotes from his foreign service career . 3 February 2020 . Cornell Chronicle . September 9, 2009.

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