Joseph Prueher
Joseph W. Prueher | |
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United States Ambassador to China | |
| In office November 16, 1999 – May 1, 2001 | |
| President | Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Jim Sasser |
| Succeeded by | Clark T. Randt Jr. |
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| Born | November 25, 1942 United States Pacific Command Vice Chief of Naval Operations |
| Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
| Awards | Defense Distinguished Service Medal Navy Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit (5) Distinguished Flying Cross (2) |
Joseph Wilson Prueher (born November 25, 1942) is a retired admiral of the
Early life
A native of
Career
Prueher started his career in the
Prueher attained the rank of admiral as Commander Carrier Group One in 1991. He was appointed Commander of the U.S. Sixth Fleet from 1993 to 1995. He was
He was posted as ambassador to China from November 1999 to May 2001. Prueher negotiated the settlement and delivered the "letter of the two sorries" which defused the Hainan Island incident in 2001.[citation needed] He then joined Stanford University's Institute of International Studies as Consulting Professor in 2001.[4]
Prueher is currently the James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the Miller Center of the University of Virginia, as well as Senior Advisor to the Stanford-Harvard Preventive Defense Project, working on dialogue for US-China security matters.[citation needed]
Awards and decorations
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Naval Aviator Badge
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| Defense Distinguished Service Medal | ||
| Navy Distinguished Service Medal | award stars
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Distinguished Flying Cross with award star |
| Defense Meritorious Service Medal | Meritorious Service Medal with two award stars | award numeral 3 and bronze strike/flight numeral 8
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Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V and two award stars
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Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with Combat V and two award stars
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Navy Presidential Unit Citation |
| Joint Meritorious Unit Award | Navy Unit Commendation with one bronze service star | Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation with service star
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| Navy E Ribbon with two Battle E's | Navy Expeditionary Medal with service star | National Defense Service Medal with service star |
| Vietnam Service Medal with five service stars | Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with service star
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Order of Australia, Honorary Officer (Military Division) |
Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
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Vietnam Campaign Medal | Navy Expert Pistol Shot Medal
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| Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge | ||
In December 1998 he was appointed an Honorary
In 1997, he was honored with the Naval War College Distinguished Graduate Leadership Award and, in 2001, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award by George Washington University.[6]
Post-government career
Prueher is a director of Fluor Corporation, Irving, Texas; Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, Missouri; and AMERIGROUP Corporation, Virginia Beach, Virginia.[7]
References
- ISBN 9781884733666– via Google Books.
- ^ United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services (7 April 1997). "Nominations before the Senate Armed Services Committee, second session, 104th Congress : hearings before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, on nominations of Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF ... January 26; February 1; March 7; June 11; July 9, 31, 1996". Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Bio" (PDF). www.epnaao.com.
- ^ "Stocks". Bloomberg.com.
- ^ "It's an Honour – Honours – Search Australian Honours". www.itsanhonour.gov.au.
- ^ http://www.gwu.edu/~magazine/archive/2001_summer/docs/dept_alumni_achievement.html The 64th Annual Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards
- ^ "Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned". Archived from the original on January 20, 2012.
External links
- Joseph W. Prueher profile at Forbes.com
- Joseph Prueher profile at CISAC/Stanford
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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See also: American Institute in Taiwan | ||
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