William Edwin Ryerson

William Edwin Ryerson
6th United States Ambassador to Albania
In office
December 21, 1991 – October 13, 1994
Preceded byHugh Gladney Grant
Succeeded byJoseph Edward Lake
Personal details
Born (1936-12-10) December 10, 1936 (age 87)
Pompton Lakes, New Jersey
EducationCornell University

William Edwin Ryerson (born December 10, 1936) is an American former diplomat who was a career Foreign Service Officer. He served as the U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Albania from 1991 until 1994.[1]

Ryerson was born in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey on December 10, 1936.[2] 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.[3]

The Cornell University graduate (he began as an engineering major before switching to history) was consul general in Yugoslavia in the late 1980s.[4]

  1. ^ "William Edwin Ryerson". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. ^ State, December 1991. United States Department of State. 1991. p. 10. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  3. ^ "U.S. Embassy Tirana". US Embassy Tirana. US Embassy Albania. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  4. ^ Rudstam, Pelle (September 9, 2009). "Alumnus recounts harrowing anecdotes from his foreign service career". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 3 February 2020.