Richard Edward Snyder, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Edward Snyder

American diplomat

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1919

Date of Death: 09-Jan-2012

Profession: diplomat

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Richard Edward Snyder (December 10, 1919 – January 9, 2012) was a United States Department of State official best known for his role as the senior Moscow consular official handling Lee Harvey Oswald's attempted defection to the Soviet Union in 1959 and return to the US in 1961.