Edward Paul Brynn, (August 1, 1942

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) was a career diplomat, historian and educator. He was the American ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

from 1990 to 1993 and to

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from 1995 until 1998.

Biography

The son of son of Walter and Mary C. Brynn, he grew up in

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and

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, Brynn graduated from

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’s

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in 1964. He continued his education by getting degrees in British History from

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(M.A. 1965 and Ph.D. 1968) and

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in Irish Politics (M. Litt. 1968 and Ph. D. 1975). Brynn served in the Air Force, retiring as a Lt. Colonel in 1992. His active duty time include what has been described as “a brief tour in Vietnam (1968-1972)” followed by eighteen years in the active reserve. On April 17, 1967, he married Jane Ursula Cooke in

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Career

Brynn entered the Foreign Service in 1972, serving in a variety of posts including Colombo (Junior Political and then Economic Officer 1973-1975); the

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(1975-1978) on detail from State; Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (for Senator

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1981-1982); National War College as Deputy Commandant (1998-1999). After he retired in July 1999, he was Associate Provost for International Programs at the

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until 2005 and from 2005 to 2009 as Professor in the Department of History. He was an adjunct professor at

(1998-1999) and the

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(1966-1968). Over the course of his career, Brynn published twelve scholarly articles and two books on eighteenth and nineteenth century British and Irish history.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brynn, Edward Ambassadors of the United States to Ghana Ambassadors of the United States to Burkina Faso People from West Springfield, Massachusetts People from Montpelier, Vermont Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni Stanford University alumni Alumni of Trinity College Dublin American historians United States Air Force personnel of the Vietnam War United States Air Force Academy faculty Georgetown University faculty University of North Carolina at Charlotte faculty University of Colorado faculty 1942 births Living people