Harry E. T. Thayer

Harry E. T. Thayer (born September 10, 1927) is an American who served as the sixth United States Ambassador to Singapore from 1980–85.

Biography

Thayer was born in Boston, Massachusetts. From 1945 to 1946, Thayer served in the US Navy. He attended Yale University and graduated in 1951, and worked for Newsweek from 1952 to 1954, followed by two years with the Philadelphia Bulletin. He entered the State Department's service in 1956, and until 1971 worked in Hongkong, Taipei, and China. From 1971 to 1975 he was a member of the US Mission at the United Nations, and then returned again to China, until 1980, when he was appointed ambassador to Singapore, succeeding Richard F. Kneip, who resigned his post.^[1] In 1984 he was appointed to lead the American Institute in Taiwan.^[2]

His son, Nate, became a journalist, and gained recognition after he interviewed Pol Pot in 1997.

References

↑ Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1980–1981, Book 2: May 24 to September 26, 1980. Government Printing Office. p. 1834.
↑ "Institute Head Named". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. June 6, 1984. p. 2. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by James R. Lilley	Director of the American Institute in Taiwan 1984–1986	Succeeded by David Dean

United States Ambassadors to Singapore

Richard H. Donald 1966 (interim)
Francis Joseph Galbraith 1966–69
Charles T. Cross 1969–71
Edwin M. Cronk 1972–75
John H. Holdridge 1975–78
Richard F. Kneip 1978–80
Harry E. T. Thayer 1980–85
J. Stapleton Roy 1985–86
Daryl Arnold 1987–89
Robert D. Orr 1989–92
Jon Huntsman Jr. 1992–93
Ralph L. Boyce 1993–94 (interim)
Timothy Chorba 1994–98
Steven J. Green 1998–2001
Frank Lavin 2001–05
Patricia L. Herbold 2005–09
David Adelman 2010–2013
Kirk Wagar 2013–

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