Armin H. Meyer, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetArmin H. Meyer
diplomat and ambassador from the United States
Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1914
Date of Death: 13-Aug-2006
Profession: diplomat
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Armin H. Meyer
- Armin Henry Meyer (born 19 January 1914 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, d.
- 13.
- August 2006) was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Lebanon (1961 to 1965), United States Ambassador to Iran (1965-1969), and United States Ambassador to Japan (1969-1972).Meyer found his tenure in Japan to be âparticularly challenging ...
- because he faced the task of âeasing the shock of President Nixonâs historic breakthrough to China.ââ.
- While in Japan, he led negotiations which ultimately let to the return of Japanese sovereignty in Japan.
- Richard Nixon creates a task force on international terrorism after Israeli athletes were killed at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
- Meyer returned to the State Department to head the task force.Meyer's parents were Armin P., a Lutheran minister, and Leona Buss Meyer.
- Leona died when Armin was three and then he was raised by three aunts in Lincoln, Illinois.Meyer graduated from Capital University in 1939.
- In 1941, he earned a master's degree in mathematics at Ohio State University.
- In 1943, Meyer joined the staff of the United States Office of War Information in Cairo.
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