Richard Wood Boehm

Richard Wood Boehm (1926 Queens, New York City^[1] - November 28, 2011 Bethesda, Maryland) was a Career Foreign Service Officer who served as the American ambassador to Cyprus (1984 to 1987) and Oman (1989-1992).^[2][3][4] When he was nominated to be Ambassador to Oman, Boehm was a diplomat-in-residence and visiting professor at Howard University.^[5]

Boehm graduated from Jamaica High School and Adelphi University (Class of 1950, English Major).^[2] Married while a senior in college, Boehm and his wife settled in Levittown, New York and he went to work at Prentice Hall as a proofreader. He was promoted to editor but needed to leave the job to make more money. He entered the management training program at the Mutual Insurance Co. of New York. In 1953, he took the Foreign Service exam. His first job was in the News Division in Washington, DC.^[1]

References

1. "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR RICHARD W. BOEHM" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 27 June 1994. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
2. "Richard W. Boehm, U.S. Foreign Service officer". The Washington Post. December 28, 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
3. "Richard Wood Boehm (1926–2011)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
4. Berke, Richard L. (November 24, 1988). "Lame-Duck Appointments by President Touch Off Questions About Timing". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
5. "Oman Envoy Named". The Los Angeles Times. September 21, 1988. Retrieved 26 January 2020.