George M. Lane (diplomat) explained

George Mirick Lane (October 15, 1928 – June 7, 2016) was a career U.S. Foreign Service Officer and was the U.S. Ambassador to Yemen (1978–1981).^[1] Lane entered the Foreign Service in 1957 and served as an international relations officer at the State Department.^{[2] [3]}

Early life and education

Lane was born 15 October 1928, in Baltimore, Md. He graduated from Cornell University in 1951 and from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1957.^[4] Lane served in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1954. He was Deputy Director, then Acting Director of the Office of North African Affairs at the State Department.

Career

• Officer at the State Department (1970–1972)
• International relations officer (1972–1973)
• Acting Director of the Office of North African Affairs at the State Department (1973–1974)
• Deputy Chief of Mission in Mbabane (1974–1976)
• Deputy Chief of Mission in Beirut (1976)
• U.S. Ambassador to Yemen (1978–1981)

Notes and References

1. Web site: George M. Lane – People – Department History – Office of the Historian . 17 October 2022 . history.state.gov.
2. Web site: United States Ambassador to Yemen Nomination of George M. Lane. The American Presidency Project . 17 October 2022 . www.presidency.ucsb.edu.
3. Web site: GEORGE LANE Obituary (2016) - Westminster, MA - The Washington Post . Legacy.com . 7 March 2023.
4. Web site: 27 August 1990 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR GEORGE M. LANE . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240627032315/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Lane,%20George.toc.pdf . 27 June 2024 . 24 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.