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Andrew Vincent Corry (September 22, 1904, [[Missoula, Montana]] - November 24, 1981 [[San Diego, California]]<ref name="Find">{{cite web |title=Andrew V. Corry |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132858428/andrew-v-corry |website=Find A Grave |accessdate=19 October 2019}}</ref>) was a career foreign service officer who was the US Ambassador to Sierra Leone from 1964 until 1967. He then immediately served, concurrently, as US Ambassador to the [[Maldives]] and [[Sri Lanka]].<ref name="Foggy Bottom">{{cite web |title=Montana Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Sierra Leone) Appointed: January 29, 1964 Presentation of Credentials: February 25, 1964 Termination of Mission: Left post on May 19, 19 |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/corry-andrew-vincent |website=Office of the Historian |accessdate=19 October 2019}}</ref>
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| order2 = 3rd
| ambassador_from2 = United States
| country2 = Sierra Leone
| term_start2 = February 25, 1964
| term_end2 = May 19, 1967
| president2 = [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]<br> [[Richard Nixon]]
| predecessor2 = [[A. S. J. Carnahan]]
| successor2 = [[Robert Graham Miner]]
| order1 = 9th
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| country1 = Sri Lanka and the Maldives
| term_start1 = Oct 30, 1964
| term_end1 = June 17, 1967
| president1 = [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]<br> [[Richard Nixon]]
| predecessor1 = [[Cecil B. Lyon]]
| successor1 = [[Robert Strausz-Hupé]]
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| birth_place = [[Missoula, Montana]], US
| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|11|24|1904|09|22}}
| death_place = [[San Diego, California]], US
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'''Andrew Vincent Corry''' (September 22, 1904, [[Missoula, Montana]] - November 24, 1981 [[San Diego, California]]) was a career foreign service officer who was the US Ambassador to [[Sierra Leone]] from 1964 until 1967. He then immediately served, concurrently, as US Ambassador to [[Sri Lanka]] and the [[Maldives]],<ref name="Foggy Bottom">{{cite web |title=Montana Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Sierra Leone) Appointed: January 29, 1964 Presentation of Credentials: February 25, 1964 Termination of Mission: Left post on May 19, 1967 |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/corry-andrew-vincent |website=Office of the Historian |access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref><ref name="Congress1967">{{cite book|author=United States. Congress|title=Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the United States Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BNZwcP4UuZEC&pg=PA13686|year=1964|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|volume=110|pages=1267}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N4SHm4a43KsC&pg=PA1169|year=1967|publisher=Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration|pages=1169}}</ref> until 1970.


==Education==
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Corry graduated from Carroll High School in [[Helena, Montana]] in 1922. From 1922 – 1924, he studied at [[Carroll College]] (also in Helena) before graduating with an A.B. from [[Harvard]]. He studied in Oxford from 1927 – 1930 (A.B. 1929, B.Sc. 1930) as a Rhodes Scholar<ref>[https://books.google.com/books/about/Department_of_State_News_Letter.html?id=BOOOHMEgdtcC Department of State News Letter - United States. Department of State - Google Books]</ref> returning to Montana to earn a M.S. in 1931 from the [[Montana School of Mines]] in Butte.
Corry was born on September 22, 1904, in [[Missoula, Montana]], the son of Arthur Vincent Corry (Snr) and Mary Anne née Armstrong.<ref>{{cite book|title=A History of Montana|author=Sanders, Helen Fitzgerald|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|date=1913|page=886}}</ref>
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Corry graduated from Carroll High School in [[Helena, Montana]], in 1922. From 1922 to 1924, he studied at [[Carroll College]] (also in Helena) before graduating with an A.B. from [[Harvard]]. He studied at [[Merton College, Oxford]], from 1927 to 1930 (A.B. 1929, B.Sc. 1930) as a Rhodes Scholar<ref name=DSN>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BOOOHMEgdtcC |journal=Department of State News Letter - United States|title=Corry named Envoy to Ceylon and Maldive Islands|publisher=Department of State|page=18 |date=1967 }}</ref><ref name="MCreg">{{cite book|editor1-last=Levens|editor1-first=R.G.C.|title=Merton College Register 1900–1964|date=1964|publisher=Basil Blackwell|location=Oxford|page=190}}</ref> returning to Montana to earn a M.S. in 1931 from the [[Montana School of Mines]] in Butte.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37663317/andrew_corry/|title=Alumni of Mines Work in Remote Argentine Area|newspaper=[[The Montana Standard]]|date=September 25, 1938|access-date=October 22, 2019|pages=5}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Corry joined the Foreign Service in January 1947 as Special Assistant to the Director in the Office of American Republic Affairs. In August that year he was assigned to be Mineral Attaché to New Delhi with concurrent assignments, in the same capacity, to Colombo, Karachi, Rangoon and Kathmandu. From 1955 to 1957 he was the Deputy Director of the US Operations Mission, as well as the Economic Officer at the American Embassy in Madrid. He then worked as the Consul General in [[Lahore, Pakistan]] and as the Coordinator of the Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy at the Foreign Service Institute.<ref name=DSN/> On January 24, 1964, he was appointed as the [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Sierra Leone|US envoy to Sierra Leone]] and remained at that post until May 19, 1967, where he was subsequently appointed on May 24 as the [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Sri Lanka and the Maldives|ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives]]. He retained that post until he retired on March 21, 1970.

Corry died of [[emphysema]] on November 24, 1981, in [[San Diego, California]]<ref>{{cite journal|title=Obituaries|journal=State|publisher=Department of State|page=62|date=January 1982|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u7G9LiCWHGIC&dq=%22andrew+Vincent+corry%22&pg=PA62}}</ref> and was buried at Saint Patricks Cemetery in [[Butte, Montana]].


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 13:43, 23 April 2024

Andrew Vincent Corry
9th United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives
In office
Oct 30, 1964 – June 17, 1967
PresidentLyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Preceded byCecil B. Lyon
Succeeded byRobert Strausz-Hupé
3rd United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone
In office
February 25, 1964 – May 19, 1967
PresidentLyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Preceded byA. S. J. Carnahan
Succeeded byRobert Graham Miner
Personal details
Born(1904-09-22)September 22, 1904
Missoula, Montana, US
DiedNovember 24, 1981(1981-11-24) (aged 77)
San Diego, California, US
BildungHarvard University
OccupationDiplomat

Andrew Vincent Corry (September 22, 1904, Missoula, Montana - November 24, 1981 San Diego, California) was a career foreign service officer who was the US Ambassador to Sierra Leone from 1964 until 1967. He then immediately served, concurrently, as US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives,[1][2][3] until 1970.

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Corry was born on September 22, 1904, in Missoula, Montana, the son of Arthur Vincent Corry (Snr) and Mary Anne née Armstrong.[4]

Corry graduated from Carroll High School in Helena, Montana, in 1922. From 1922 to 1924, he studied at Carroll College (also in Helena) before graduating with an A.B. from Harvard. He studied at Merton College, Oxford, from 1927 to 1930 (A.B. 1929, B.Sc. 1930) as a Rhodes Scholar[5][6] returning to Montana to earn a M.S. in 1931 from the Montana School of Mines in Butte.[7]

Career

Corry joined the Foreign Service in January 1947 as Special Assistant to the Director in the Office of American Republic Affairs. In August that year he was assigned to be Mineral Attaché to New Delhi with concurrent assignments, in the same capacity, to Colombo, Karachi, Rangoon and Kathmandu. From 1955 to 1957 he was the Deputy Director of the US Operations Mission, as well as the Economic Officer at the American Embassy in Madrid. He then worked as the Consul General in Lahore, Pakistan and as the Coordinator of the Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy at the Foreign Service Institute.[5] On January 24, 1964, he was appointed as the US envoy to Sierra Leone and remained at that post until May 19, 1967, where he was subsequently appointed on May 24 as the ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. He retained that post until he retired on March 21, 1970.

Corry died of emphysema on November 24, 1981, in San Diego, California[8] and was buried at Saint Patricks Cemetery in Butte, Montana.

References

  1. ^ "Montana Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Sierra Leone) Appointed: January 29, 1964 Presentation of Credentials: February 25, 1964 Termination of Mission: Left post on May 19, 1967". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  2. ^ United States. Congress (1964). Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the United States Congress. Vol. 110. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 1267.
  3. ^ Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. 1967. p. 1169.
  4. ^ Sanders, Helen Fitzgerald (1913). A History of Montana. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 886.
  5. ^ a b "Corry named Envoy to Ceylon and Maldive Islands". Department of State News Letter - United States. Department of State: 18. 1967.
  6. ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 190.
  7. ^ "Alumni of Mines Work in Remote Argentine Area". The Montana Standard. September 25, 1938. p. 5. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  8. ^ "Obituaries". State. Department of State: 62. January 1982.
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