Edward Paul Brynn, (August 1, 1942 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)[1] was a career diplomat, historian and educator. He was the American ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Burkina Faso from 1990 to 1993 and to Ghana from 1995 until 1998.[2][3]

Biography

The son of son of Walter and Mary C. Brynn, he grew up in West Springfield, Massachusetts[4] and Montpelier, Vermont, Brynn graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in 1964. He continued his education by getting degrees in British History from Stanford University (M.A. 1965 and Ph.D. 1968) and Trinity College Dublin in Irish Politics (M. Litt. 1968 and Ph. D. 1975). Brynn served in the Air Force, retiring as a Lt. Colonel in 1992. His active duty time include what has been described as “a brief tour in Vietnam (1968-1972)” followed by eighteen years in the active reserve.[1]

On April 17, 1967, he married Jane Ursula Cooke in Garden City, New York.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Edward Brynn". American Academy of Diplomacy. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Edward P. Brynn". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  3. ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR EDWARD P. BRYNN" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 28 April 2000. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Edward P. Brynn (1942- )" (PDF). Vermont Historical Society. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Jane U. Cooke Bride Of Edward P. Brynn". NY Times. April 2, 1967. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
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