William Edwin Ryerson
William Edwin Ryerson (1936-), a Career Foreign Service Officer served as the US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Albania from 1991 until 1994.[1]
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.[2]
The Cornell University graduate (he began as an engineering major before switching to history) was consul general in Yugoslavia in the late 1980s.[3]
References[]
- ^ "William Edwin Ryerson". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "U.S. Embassy Tirana". US Embassy Tirana. US Embassy Albania. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ Rudstam, Pelle (September 9, 2009). "Alumnus recounts harrowing anecdotes from his foreign service career". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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