Lawrence Pezzullo

Lawrence Pezzullo
United States Ambassador to Uruguay
In office
August 10, 1977 – May 29, 1979
PresidentJimmy Carter
Preceded byErnest V. Siracusa
Succeeded byLyle Franklin Lane
United States Ambassador to Nicaragua
In office
July 31, 1979 – August 18, 1981
PresidentJimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Preceded byMauricio Solaún
Succeeded byAnthony Cecil Eden Quainton
Personal details
Born
Lawrence Anthony Pezzullo

(1926-05-03)May 3, 1926
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 26, 2017(2017-07-26) (aged 91)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
SpouseJosephine DiMattia
Alma materColumbia University (BA)
OccupationDiplomat

Lawrence Anthony Pezzullo[1][2][3] (occasionally alternately spelled as Pezzulo[4][5]) (May 3, 1926 – July 26, 2017) was an American diplomat and Foreign Service officer. He served as the United States Ambassador to Nicaragua (1979–1981) and to Uruguay (1977–1979).[4] He was also the executive director of Catholic Relief Services from 1983 to 1992.[6]

  1. ^ "Lawrence Pezzullo, Broker of Somoza's Abdication in Nicaragua, Dies at 91". The New York Times. August 1, 2017.
  2. ^ United States Department of State, Office of the Historian. "Intervention in Haiti, 1994–1995". Clinton appointed Lawrence Pezzullo as special envoy for Haiti
  3. ^ Pezzullo, Lawrence; Pezzullo, Ralph (1992). At the Fall of Somoza (2nd ed.). University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0822937562.
  4. ^ a b "Lawrence A. Pezzulo - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  5. ^ Congress, United States (1994). "Congressional Record". p. 28557.
  6. ^ Rasmussen, Frederick N. "Lawrence A. Pezzullo, career diplomat who later became the first layman to head Catholic Relief Services". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2020-08-08.