William H. Gleysteen
William Henry Gleysteen, Jr. (born May 8, 1926 in Beijing , † December 6, 2002 in Washington, DC ) was an American diplomat who was ambassador to South Korea between 1978 and 1981 .
Life
William Henry Gleysteen, Jr., whose parents William H. Gleysteen, Sr., and Theodora Culver Gleysteen served as missionaries in the Republic of China , joined the US Navy in 1944 after attending school during World War II and served in the military until 1946. He then began an undergraduate degree at Yale University , which he finished in 1949 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). A subsequent postgraduate course at Yale University, he completed in 1951 with a Master of Arts (MA). In 1951 he joined the diplomatic service of the US State Department as a Foreign Service Officer and then found employment at the missions abroad in Taipei , Tokyo and Hong Kong . After attending Robert R. Bowie's seminar at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University from 1965 to 1966 , he was Deputy Head of the United Nations Political Affairs Division from 1966 to 1969 .
Gleysteen then served as Head of Research Analysis for East Asia and Pacific Affairs from 1969 to 1971, and then from 1971 to 1974 as Permanent Representative to the Ambassador to Taiwan . On his return in 1974 he became Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the State Department and held this position until 1978. In the meantime, he was appointed to the National Security Council NSC for six months in mid-1976 ( National Security Council ) . On June 27, 1978, he was appointed ambassador to South Korea as the successor to Richard Sneider , where he handed over his credentials on July 24, 1978 . He remained in this post until June 10, 1981 and was then replaced by Richard L. Walker . He was committed to the Brookings Institution and was Vice President for Studies of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) between 1987 and 1989 and then President of the Japan Society from 1989 to 1995 .
William H. Gleysteen, who died of leukemia , was married twice. His first marriage to Zoe Gleysteen had three children. From his second marriage to Marilyn Wong, who taught as an art professor at Columbia University , another daughter was born.
publication
- Massive Entanglement, Marginal Influence: Carter and Korea in Crisis , 1999
Web links
- Entry on the homepage of the Office of the Historian of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- William H. Gleysteen in nndb (English)
- Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations for 1978: hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations , US Government Printing Office, 1977, p. 296
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Korea on the homepage of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gleysteen, William H. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gleysteen, William Henry, Jr. (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beijing |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 2002 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |