William Edwin Ryerson

William Edwin Ryerson (1936-), a Career Foreign Service Officer served as the US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Albania from 1991 until 1994.[1]

After a 52-year break, diplomatic relations between the United States and Albania were re-established on March 15, 1991. The U.S. Embassy in Tirana opened October 1, 1991. Christopher Hill as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim until Ryerson presented his credentials on December 21, 1991.[2]

The Cornell University graduate (he began as an engineering major before switching to history) was consul general in Yugoslavia in the late 1980s.[3]

References

"William Edwin Ryerson". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
"U.S. Embassy Tirana". US Embassy Tirana. US Embassy Albania. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
Rudstam, Pelle (September 9, 2009). "Alumnus recounts harrowing anecdotes from his foreign service career". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

External links

Library of Congress Oral History Project

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[OotH-1] "William Edwin Ryerson". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 17 November 2019.

[USET-2] "U.S. Embassy Tirana". US Embassy Tirana. US Embassy Albania. Retrieved 17 November 2019.

[Pelle-3] Rudstam, Pelle (September 9, 2009). "Alumnus recounts harrowing anecdotes from his foreign service career". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 3 February 2020.