Thomas Ryan Byrne Explained

Thomas Ryan Byrne
Ambassador From1:United States
Country1:Norway
Term Start1:October 4, 1973
Term End1:April 10, 1976
Predecessor1:Philip K. Crowe
Successor1:William Anders
President1:Richard Nixon
Ambassador From2:United States
Country2:Czechoslovakia
Term Start2:June 23, 1976
Term End2:November 15, 1978
Predecessor2:Albert W. Sherer Jr.
Successor2:Francis Joseph Meehan
President2:Gerald Ford[1]
Nationality:American
Birth Date:4 February 1923
Birth Place:West Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Death Place:Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Relatives:Phil Klay (grandson)[2]

Thomas Ryan Byrne (February 4, 1923 – March 30, 2014)[3] was an American historian, economist, career diplomat and United States Ambassador. He received a doctorate in history and a master's degree in economics at Georgetown University.

He later worked in the US Foreign Service as a diplomat.[4]

Ambassador

From 1973 to 1976 Byrne was the United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway. He presented his credentials as an Ambassador to King Olav V of Norway on October 4, 1973, and served in office in Oslo until April 10, 1976.

After the stationing in Norway, he moved to Prague where he was the United States Ambassador to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic from June 1976 until November 1978.[5]

References

  1. https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/byrne-thomas-ryan Career Foreign Service Officer Thomas Ryan Byrne (1923–2014)
  2. News: Jessica Alvarez and Phil Klay. November 20, 2014. The New York Times. February 9, 2014.
  3. Web site: Thomass Bryne - Obituary . The Washington Post . 26 August 2020 . en.
  4. https://adst.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Byrne-Thomas.pdf Ambassadoe Thomas R. Byrne Interviewed by: Morrie Weisz on January 16, 1991
  5. Web site: 23 February 2000 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project Labor Series AMBASSADOR THOMAS R. BYRNE . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240711151241/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Byrne-Thomas1.pdf . 11 July 2024 . 11 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.