Patricia M. Byrne
Patricia M. Byrne | |
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Anne Forrester | |
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| Born | June 1, 1925 Cleveland |
| Died | November 23, 2007 (aged 82) Washington, D.C. |
| Alma mater | Vassar College Johns Hopkins University National War College |
Patricia Mary Byrne (June 1, 1925 – November 23, 2007) was an American diplomat who served as
Early life and education
Byrne was born in
Byrne was an honors student at
Byrne attended the National War College from 1968 to 1969 when she became the school's first female graduate.
Career
After completing her studies, Byrne began working for the Central Intelligence Agency and took the competitive Foreign Service examination. She was one of 19 women selected for U.S. Foreign Service, where she served from 1949 to 1989.
After Byrne joined the Foreign Service, she was posted to
After graduating, she served at the embassy in Paris. In 1973 she became deputy chief of mission in Columbo, Sri Lanka. From 1975 to 1976, Byrne took the senior seminar at the Foreign Service Institute in foreign policy.[4]
In 1984 Byrne was a foreign affairs fellow assigned to Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy.[5]
Personal
Byrne retired in Washington, where she was a member of the Diplomatic and Consular Officers, Retired, and was twice elected to the group's board.[6] When she died on November 23, 2007, she was survived by a sister, Eileen Byrne Rubin.
References
- ^ Mary Patricia Byrne U.S. Department of State, Office of the historian, accessed May 17, 2016
- ^ Cleveland Girl To Become Diplomat The Salem News (Ohio), June 28, 1949, p.3
- ^ Dean Thompson Announces 100 Students Who Qualified For Annual Honor List Vassar Chronicle, Volume II, Number 1, 2 September 1944
- ^ United States Ambassador to Burma Nomination of Patricia M. Byrne The President Project, Jimmy Carter, October 30, 1979
- ^ Jacqueline Jones Royster, "Profiles of Ohio Women, 1803-2003"Ohio University Press, 2003, p. 106
- ^ Sullivan, Patricia (December 15, 2007). "Patricia M. Byrne, Ambassador". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
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