Albert W. Sherer Jr.

Albert William Sherer Jr. (January 19, 1916 – December 27, 1986)[3] was an American diplomat.

Albert William Sherer Jr.
4th United States Ambassador to Togo
In office September 13, 1967 – March 5, 1970
President	Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by	William Witman II
Succeeded by	Dwight Dickinson
1st United States Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea
In office September 13, 1967 – March 5, 1970
President	Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by	office established
Succeeded by	Lewis Hoffacker
5th United States Ambassador to Guinea
In office March 31, 1970 – December 21, 1971[1]
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Robinson McIlvaine
Succeeded by	Terence Todman
21st United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia
In office February 15, 1972 – July 29, 1975
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Malcolm Toon
Succeeded by	Thomas Ryan Byrne
Personal details
Born	January 16, 1916 Wheaton, Illinois
Died	December 27, 1986(1986-12-27) (aged 70)[2] Chicago, Illinois
Profession	Diplomat
Military service
Branch/service	United States Army Air Forces
Years of service	1941–45

Biography

In 1938 he received a B.A. from Yale University and an LL.B. in 1941 from Harvard University. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1941 to 1945.

In 1946 to 1949 under the U.S. State Department, Sherer was a commercial officer in Tangier, Morocco and he was temporarily assigned to Casablanca, Morocco, as consular and legal officer from 1947 to 1948. After that in 1949 to 1951, he was political officer in Budapest, Hungary.

In 1951 from 1955, Sherer was the Romanian desk officer in the Office of Eastern European Affairs at the State Department. He was political officer in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, from 1955 to 1957 and an officer in charge of Polish, Baltic, and Czech Affairs in the office of Eastern European Affairs from 1957 to 1960.

From 1960 to 1961 he attended the Bowie Seminar for International Affairs at Harvard University. He was Deputy Chief of Mission in Warsaw, Poland, from 1961 to 1966, and appointed Ambassador to Togo from 1967 until 1970. In 1968 and 1969, he was also accredited as Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea. Sherer was also Ambassador to Guinea from 1970 to 1972, Ambassador to the Czechoslovakia from 1972 to 1975 and Chief of the U.S. delegation to CSCE from 1974 and 1975.

After ambassadorship, from 1975 to 1977, Sherer was Deputy Representative of the United States in the Security Council of the United Nations. In 1975 he served as Alternate U.S. Representative to the Seventh Special Session and the Thirtieth Session of the United Nations General Assembly, and in 1976 he served as Alternate U.S. Representative to the Thirty-first Session of the General Assembly. In 1977 he was Head of the U.S. delegation to the preparatory meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, of the CSCE.[4]

His daughter Susan Sherer was married to journalist Peter Osnos.[5] His grandson is journalist Evan Osnos.

References

1. "US Ambassador to Guinea". nndb.com. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
2. Lawrence Kestenbaum. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Sheppe to Sherlonda". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
3. American Foreign Service Association (1987). Foreign Service Journal. 64. Foreign Intelligence Press. ISSN 0146-3543. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
4. "Jimmy Carter: Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe Nomination of Albert W. Sherer, It., to the Rank of Ambassador While Serving as Head of the U.S. Delegation to a Meeting". presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
5. "Albert Sherer Jr., Helsinki Negotiator". Chicago Tribune. December 29, 1986.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Department of State website https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/. (U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets)

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by William Witman II	United States Ambassador to Togo 1967–1970	Succeeded by Dwight Dickinson
Preceded by office established	United States Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea 1967–1970	Succeeded by Lewis Hoffacker
Preceded by Robinson McIlvaine	United States Ambassador to Guinea 1970–1971	Succeeded by Terence Todman
Preceded by Malcolm Toon	United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia 1972–1975	Succeeded by Thomas R. Byrne