William E. Schaufele Jr.
William E. Schaufele, Jr. (born December 7, 1923 in Lakewood , Ohio ; † January 17, 2008 ) was an American diplomat who was Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs between 1975 and 1977 and most recently from 1978 to 1980 was ambassador to Poland .
Life
Studies, World War II and the beginning of a diplomatic career
Schaufele began studying at Yale University after attending Grant Elementary School , Emerson Junior High School, and Lakewood High School . He interrupted this during the Second World War and did military service in the US Army . He last took part in the Battle of the Bulge from December 16, 1944 to January 21, 1945 and resumed his studies in International Relations at Yale University in March 1946, completing it in 1948 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He then completed postgraduate studies in international relations at Columbia University , which he completed in 1950 with a Master of Arts (MA).
Schaufele then joined the diplomatic service of the US State Department in 1950 , but was initially an employee of the administration of the US occupation zone in the district office of the Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm district . He then moved to Bonn , where he was an attaché for work from 1952 to 1953 and then from 1953 to 1955 a visa and economic officer at the representation in Munich . After his return to the USA, he worked in the Foreign Reporting Staff at the State Department between 1956 and 1957 and then from 1957 to 1958 as a lecturer at the Foreign Service Institute ( FSI ) training center , before moving there between 1958 and 1959 attended a French course there himself .
After a brief post as a Morocco advisor in the Foreign Ministry, Schaufele was a political and labor advisor at the embassy in Morocco from 1959 to 1963, where he worked for Ambassador Charles Woodruff Yost . This was followed by a post as head of the newly opened consulate in Bukavu between 1963 and 1964 , before he was Congo consultant from 1964 to 1965 and then deputy head of Central Africa in the Foreign Ministry between 1965 and 1966 . From 1966 to 1969 he was head of the Central Africa and West Africa Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ambassador and Assistant Secretary of State
On October 16, 1969, Schaufele took on his first ambassadorial post, succeeding Elliott Skinner as the United States' ambassador to Upper Volta . He held this post until July 10, 1971, whereupon Donald B. Easum was his successor on December 8, 1971 . From 1971 to 1975 he then worked at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City , headed by George HW Bush . There he was responsible for the Fourth Committee responsible for decolonization and later deputy head of the permanent representation with the rank of ambassador. In 1975 he took over the post of Inspector General of the Foreign Service as the successor to James S. Sutterlin , but handed it back to Robert M. Sayre in 1975 .
Then broke Spatulas on 19 December 1975 Nathaniel Davis as head of the Africa Unit in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs ) from, remained in this use until July 17, 1977, was then Richard M. Moose replaced. On July 14, 1977 he was appointed ambassador to Greece to succeed Jack B. Kubisch , but did not take up this post. He then worked briefly in the Office of Under Secretary for Management of the State Department, before he succeeded Richard T. Davies as Ambassador of the United States to the People's Republic of Poland on March 30, 1978 . In this post he remained until September 11, 1980, whereupon Francis J. Meehan took over on October 27, 1980 .
Publications
- US Relations in Southern Africa. Statement before the American Academy of Political and Social Science, April 16, 1977, Philadelphia , US State Department, Washington, DC, 1977
- Polish paradox. Communism and National Renewal , Foreign Policy Association, New York City 1981, ISBN 0-87124-071-8
Web links
- Entry on the page of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
- AMBASSADOR WILLIAM E. SCHAUFELE, JR., Interviewed by Lillian Mullin, November 19, 1994 , in: The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. Foreign Affairs Oral History Project
- Proof of publication ( Open Library )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Burkina Faso on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
- ^ Inspectors General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
- ^ Assistant Secretaries of State for African Affairs on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schaufele, William E. Junior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schaufele, William E., Jr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lakewood , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 2008 |