L. Nicholas Ruwe
Lester Nicholas Ruwe | |
|---|---|
| United States Ambassador to Iceland | |
| In office July 1985 – October 1989 | |
| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 22, 1933 Detroit, Michigan |
| Died | May 2, 1990 (aged 56) Rochester, Minnesota |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Brown University University of Michigan Business School |
Lester Nicholas Ruwe (1933—1990) was the United States Ambassador to Iceland from 1985 until 1989.[1][2]
Ruwe helped settle disputes involving shipping and whaling and was responsible for the operation of the 1986 summit meeting between President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. He was chief of staff in New York for former President Richard M. Nixon (1980-1984), assistant chief of protocol at the State Department from 1969 to 1975, and was responsible for the state funerals of former Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.[1]
Ruwe graduated from Brown University in 1955 and the University of Michigan Graduate School of Business Administration in 1956.[1]
He died of cancer at the Mayo Clinic.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Narvaez, Alfonso A. (May 4, 1990). "L. Nicholas Ruwe, Ex-Ambassador, 56; Assisted Presidents". Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "L. Nicholas Ruwe (1933–1990)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
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