William Andreas Brown (born September 7, 1930)[1] served as the U.S. Ambassador to Thailand from 1985 to 1988 and U.S. Ambassador to Israel from 1988 to 1992. He also served as the last Chief of mission (Chargé d'affaires) of the U.S. Embassy to the Republic of China (ROC) stationed in Taipei, Taiwan after the departure of Ambassador Leonard S. Unger in 1979.[2] After diplomatic ties between Taipei and Washington severed, he remained on the island to set up the Taipei Main Office of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) at the former compound of U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG).[1]: 250 He then served as the AIT's acting Director and deputy director (after the inauguration of Charles T. Cross, first AIT Director in Taipei).[3]
Brown was born in Winchester, Massachusetts and grew up in East Lexington, Massachusetts and graduated from Lexington High School (Massachusetts). He majored in history at Harvard on a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps scholarship and served as an artillery officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1952 to 1954 and the reserves from 1954 to 1960.[1][4] He was stationed in Korea after the Korean War from August 1953 for about a year.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Interview with Ambassador William Andreas Brown" (PDF). Library of Congress. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ Jimmy R. Williams (2011). A Charmed Life. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. p. 332. ISBN 978-1456463489.
- ^ "重建中美新關係 葛樂士充滿信心 昨抵華就新職時表示" ["Full confidence in re-establishing the new ROC-US relation", said by Charles Cross yesterday, upon arriving at the ROC to assume post]. United Daily News. 1979-06-18. p. 02.
- ^ "Nomination of William Andreas Brown To Be United States Ambassador to Israel", Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum website, May 20, 1988. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
External links
- U.S. State Department Archives (People)
- List of U.S. Ambassadors to Thailand 1882 to 2008
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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