James W. Riddleberger

James Williams Riddleberger (born September 21, 1904 in Washington, DC ; † October 17, 1982 in Woodstock , Virginia ) was an American diplomat who was particularly concerned with relations between Germany and the United States during World War II and the post-war period concerned. On June 24, 1960, he was awarded the title Career Ambassador and most recently he was the United States Ambassador to Austria between 1962 and 1967 .

Life

Studies, entry into the diplomatic service and Germany expert

James Williams Riddleberger, son of Frank Belew Riddleberger and his wife Annie Williams Riddleberger, first began an undergraduate degree at Randolph-Macon College after attending school , which he completed in 1924 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). A subsequent postgraduate study for the foreign service at Georgetown University he completed in 1926 with a Master of Arts (MA Foreign Service). After that he stayed at Georgetown University, where he from 1926 to 1929 as an assistant professor the subject International Relations taught. He also completed a year of study at American University between 1926 and 1927 .

Then Riddleberger joined the US State Department and was Vice Consul in Geneva from 1930 to 1936 . He then moved to the embassy in Germany , he participated in the 1936-1937 First Third Secretary and 1937-1941 Second Secretary was. He was then from 1942 to 1943 employee of the Board of Economic Warfare and at the same time Second Secretary and Consul at the Embassy in the United Kingdom . From 1944 to 1947 he was head of the Central European Affairs Department in the Foreign Ministry.

Riddleberger returned to Germany in 1947 and was initially between 1947 and 1949 Counselor to the Military Governor of the US Zone of Occupation and in 1949 briefly Counselor to the High Commissioner at the Allied High Commission in Germany in Bonn , John Jay McCloy . He then stayed in Germany and was Director of Political Affairs in Frankfurt am Main between 1949 and 1952 . After his return, he succeeded Henry A. Byroade in the rank of Assistant Secretary of State on May 14, 1952, as head of the then independent German Affairs Department in the Foreign Ministry and held this post until its dissolution on November 2, 1953.

Ambassador to Yugoslavia, Greece and Austria

Thereupon James W. Riddleberger was appointed Ambassador of the United States to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) on July 31, 1953 , where he presented his letter of accreditation on November 16, 1953 as successor to George V. Allen . He stayed in this post until January 11, 1958, when Karl Rankin succeeded him. During this time, during a break in the US Senate , he was appointed Head of the Department of European Affairs Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs of the State Department on October 15, 1956 ; however, this appointment was rejected by the Senate. His appointment as ambassador to Greece on December 10, 1957 during a break in the Senate session was also not implemented. However, he was reappointed the United States Ambassador to Greece on February 5, 1958 , and handed over his credentials there on March 4, 1958 as the renewed successor to George V. Allen. He was recalled from this post on May 20, 1959 and replaced by Ellis O. Briggs .

Upon his return, Riddleberger succeeded James Hopkins Smith, Jr. as director of the International Cooperation Administration on March 9, 1959 , and held the post until the agency was dissolved on February 22, 1961, from which it was subsequently held on March 3, 1961 November 1961 the agency for international development USAID US Agency for International Development was established. On June 24, 1960 he was awarded the title of Career Ambassador created on August 5, 1955 by an additional law of the US Congress to the Foreign Service act of 1946 . Most recently he was appointed Ambassador of the United States to Austria on October 23, 1962 , and presented there on December 12, 1962 the letter of accreditation as the successor to H. Freeman Matthews . He remained in this use until he left the diplomatic service on May 10, 1967 and was then replaced by Douglas MacArthur II .

His daughter Antonia Riddleberger emerged from his marriage to Amelia Otken Riddleberger. She was married to the diplomat Monteagle Stearns , who was the United States Ambassador to Ivory Coast and also Ambassador to Greece. After his death, Riddleberger was buried in Massanutten Cemetery in Woodstock .

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SURNAME	Riddleberger, James W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Riddleberger, James Williams (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	September 21, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH	Washington, DC
DATE OF DEATH	17th October 1982
Place of death	Woodstock , Virginia

[1] Directors of the Bureau of German Affairs

[2] Chiefs of Mission for Yugoslavia

[3] Assistant Secretaries of State for European and Eurasian Affairs

[4] Chiefs of Mission for Greece

[5] Directors of the International Cooperation Administration

[6] Career Ambassadors

[7] Chiefs of Mission for Austria