Lawrence Pezzullo

Lawrence Pezzullo
Lawrence Pezzullo
United States Ambassador to Uruguay
	In office; August 10, 1977 – May 29, 1979
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Ernest V. Siracusa
Succeeded by	Lyle Franklin Lane
United States Ambassador to Nicaragua
	In office; July 31, 1979 – August 18, 1981
President	Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Mauricio Solaún
Succeeded by	Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton
Personal details
Born	May 3, 1926; New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	July 26, 2017 (aged 91); Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Spouse	Josephine DiMattia
Alma mater	Columbia University
Occupation	Diplomat

Lawrence A. Pezzullo^[1]^[2]^[3] (occasionally alternately spelled as Pezzulo^[4]^[5]) (May 3, 1926 – July 26, 2017) was an American diplomat and Foreign Service officer. He served as the United States Ambassador to Nicaragua (1979–1981) and to Uruguay (1977–1979).^[6] Pezzullo was born in New York City, and attended high school in Levittown, New York, and Columbia University. He married Josephine DiMattia in February 1950 and with her has three children.^[7]

Pezzulo died on July 26, 2017, at the age of 91.^[8]

References

^ "Lawrence Pezzullo, Broker of Somoza's Abdication in Nicaragua, Dies at 91". The New York Times. August 1, 2017.
^ United States Department of State, Office of the Historian. "Intervention in Haiti, 1994–1995". Clinton appointed Lawrence Pezzullo as special envoy for Haiti
^ Pezzullo, Lawrence; Pezzullo, Ralph (1992). At the Fall of Somoza (2nd ed.). University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0822937562.
^ https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/pezzulo-lawrence-a
^ "Congressional Record". 1994. p. 28557.
^ https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/pezzulo-lawrence-a
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^ Muere exembajador de EE.UU. en Nicaragua, Lawrence Pezzullo.(in Spanish)

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Ernest V. Siracusa	United States Ambassador to Uruguay 1977–1979	Succeeded by Lyle Franklin Lane
Preceded by Mauricio Solaún	United States Ambassador to Nicaragua 1979–1981	Succeeded by Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton

[NYTObit-1] "Lawrence Pezzullo, Broker of Somoza's Abdication in Nicaragua, Dies at 91". The New York Times. August 1, 2017.

[Milestones-2] United States Department of State, Office of the Historian. "Intervention in Haiti, 1994–1995". Clinton appointed Lawrence Pezzullo as special envoy for Haiti

[PezzulloFall-3] Pezzullo, Lawrence; Pezzullo, Ralph (1992). At the Fall of Somoza (2nd ed.). University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0822937562.

[StateHistory-4] ttps://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/pezzulo-lawrence-a

[CongressionalRecord-5] "Congressional Record". 1994. p. 28557.

[6] ttps://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/pezzulo-lawrence-a

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[8] Muere exembajador de EE.UU. en Nicaragua, Lawrence Pezzullo.(in Spanish)

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v t e United States Ambassadors to Uruguay
Minister Resident	Asboth Worthington Kirk Stevens Caldwell
Chargé d'Affaires	Caldwell Williams Bacon
Minister Resident	Bacon Maney
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Maney Stuart Finch O'Brien Morgan Grevstad Jeffery Philip Grant-Smith Harrison Wright Lay Dawson Wilson
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Dawson McGurk Briggs Ravndal Rodden McIntosh Patterson Woodward Sparks Coerr Hoyt Robert M. Sayre Adair Siracusa Pezzullo Lane Smith (Chargé d'Affaires ad interim) Aranda Wilkey Brown Dodd Ashby Silverstein Baxter David D. Nelson Lloyd (Chargé d'Affaires ad interim) Reynoso Keiderling George Fulton