L. Nicholas Ruwe

L. Nicholas Ruwe
United States Ambassador to Iceland
In office
July 12, 1985 – October 7, 1989
PresidentRonald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Preceded byMarshall Brement
Succeeded byCharles E. Cobb
Personal details
Born
Lester Nicholas Ruwe

(1933-09-22)September 22, 1933
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
DiedMay 2, 1990(1990-05-02) (aged 56)
Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Education

Lester Nicholas Ruwe (September 22, 1933 – May 2, 1990) was the United States Ambassador to Iceland from 1985 until 1989.[1][2]

Ruwe helped settle disputes involving shipping and whaling and was responsible for the operation of the 1986 summit meeting between President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. He was chief of staff in New York for former President Richard M. Nixon (1980-1984), assistant chief of protocol at the State Department from 1969 to 1975, and was responsible for the state funerals of former Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower and for the world tour of Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins after their return from the Moon in 1969.[1][3]

Ruwe graduated from Brown University in 1955 and the University of Michigan Graduate School of Business Administration in 1956.[1]

He died of cancer at the Mayo Clinic.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Narvaez, Alfonso A. (1990-05-04). "L. Nicholas Ruwe, Ex-Ambassador, 56; Assisted Presidents". The New York Times. p. D21. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  2. ^ "L. Nicholas Ruwe (1933–1990)". Office of the Historian. United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 2022-06-10. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  3. ^ "L. Nicholas Ruwe". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Rochester, Minnesota. Associated Press. 1990-05-06. p. 35. Archived from the original on 2022-06-10. Retrieved 2022-06-10 – via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)Open access icon
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of the United States to Iceland
1985-07-12 – 1989-10-07 		Next:
Charles E. Cobb
Notes and references
1. "Chiefs of Mission for Iceland". Office of the Historian. United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-06-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)