Robert J. Ryan Sr.

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Robert Joseph Ryan Sr. (born July 11, 1914 in Hatfield , Massachusetts , † September 17, 2003 in Daytona Beach , Florida ) was an American diplomat .

Life

Robert J. Ryan Sr. attended public schools in his native Hatfield. He studied at the University of Massachusetts for two years , followed by training at a business school in Washington, DC , which he graduated with a public service exam.

Ryan joined the United States Department of State in 1937 . Soon after, he graduated in law at the Catholic University of America . He worked in the passport office run by Ruth Shipley until he was transferred to the human resources office, where he assumed managerial positions. In 1955 he became Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Middle East, South Asia and Africa. From 1958 to 1959 he attended the National War College .

Robert J. Ryan Sr. served as Counselor at the United States Embassy in Paris from 1959 to 1964 . He was responsible for administrative affairs as well as for the United States' missions to NATO , OECD and UNESCO . Ryan became the United States Ambassador to Niger in 1964, succeeding Mercer Cook . In this capacity, it sparked in 1968 Samuel Clifford Adams Jr. from. Back in the United States, Ryan worked for almost a year in the State Department until he was director of administrative affairs for the United Nations from 1969 to 1977 , for which he carried out a large-scale evaluation of internal processes.

Ryan died in Daytona Beach at the age of 89.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project: Robert J. Ryan, Sr. (PDF) Interviewed by: Charles Stuart Kennedy. Initial interview date: November 7, 1991. 1998, pp. 2–4 , accessed on January 7, 2018 (English).
  2. ^ The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project: Robert J. Ryan, Sr. (PDF) Interviewed by: Charles Stuart Kennedy. Initial interview date: November 7, 1991. 1998, pp. 14 and 16-17 , accessed on January 7, 2018 (English).
  3. ^ Chiefs of Mission for Niger. Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State, accessed January 7, 2018 .
  4. ^ The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project: Robert J. Ryan, Sr. (PDF) Interviewed by: Charles Stuart Kennedy. Initial interview date: November 7, 1991. 1998, pp. 26–27 , accessed on January 7, 2018 (English).
  5. ^ Robert Ryan - Biography. In: Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 7, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Ryan, Robert J. Sr.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ryan Sr., Robert Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Hatfield , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH September 17, 2003
Place of death Daytona Beach , Florida