President George H. W. Bush President Bill Clinton Profession Diplomat Education Georgetown University | Preceded by David H. Shinn Preceded by Kenneth Lee Brown Name Edward Brynn Succeeded by Donald J. McConnell | |
Books Crown and castle, The Church of Ireland in the age of Catholic emancipation | ||
Edward P. Brynn (born August 1, 1942) is an American diplomat. Brynn served as charge d'Affaires ad interim to Mauritania from July 1982 to February 1983 and charge d'Affaires ad interim to the Gambia from May 1984 to June 1984 before he was the United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso (1991–1993) and Ghana (1995–1998).
Biography
Brynn was born on August 1, 1942 in Pittsburgh. He graduated from Georgetown University with a B.A. in 1964 and Stanford University with a M.A. in 1965; as well as his doctorate (Ph.D.) in 1968. He took up residence in Vermont at some point and joined the U.S. Foreign Service later on in life, overseeing posts as deputy chief of mission in Cameroon from 1987–1989; Charge d'Affaires to the Comoros Islands from 1985–1987; and deputy chief of mission to Mauritania from 1982 - 1985. He served as a staff member on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from 1981 - 1982. Brynn served at the Bureau of African Affairs in Washington from 1980–1981; a political officer in Mali from 1978–1980; Foreign Service officer in residence at the U.S. Air Force Academy from 1976–1978; and as a political and economic officer in Sri Lanka from 1973 - 1975. Brynn also served in the U.S. Air Force from 1968 - 1972.
On July 24, 1990, President George H. W. Bush nominated Brynn to be the United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso. On October 3, 1993, he was nominated to be ambassador to Ghana.
Brynn is a widower as his wife died. He has five children, and currently stays in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. There he holds seminars at the educational university.