Harry E. T. Thayer

Ambassador
Harry E. T. Thayer
宋賀德
United States Ambassador to Singapore
In office
December 13, 1980 – June 14, 1984
PresidentJimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Preceded byRichard F. Kneip
Succeeded byJ. Stapleton Roy
Personal details
Born
Harry Elstner Talbott Thayer

(1927-09-10)September 10, 1927
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedJanuary 21, 2017(2017-01-21) (aged 89)
Washington, DC
RelativesNate Thayer (son)
Alma materYale University

Harry Elstner Talbott Thayer (Chinese:宋賀德, September 10, 1927 – January 21, 2017)[1][2] was an American diplomat who served as the seventh United States Ambassador to Singapore from 1980 to 1985.[3]

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  2. ^ "Travels With LBJ: "Son, if you do it again, I will poison your soup"". Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  3. ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR HARRY E.T. THAYER" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. November 19, 1990. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.