J. Owen Zurhellen Jr.
Joseph Owen Zurhellen Jr. (July 8, 1920 New York City[1] – November 5, 1990) was an American Career Foreign Service Officer who was the first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Suriname (1976-1978) when it gained independence in 1975.[2] He had been the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs,[3] Deputy Chief of Mission Israel, Foreign Service Officer, Professor at Manhattanville College; Arms Control Negotiator; and Deputy Director at the U.N.[4]
He graduated from Columbia University, and after serving in the Marines, he entered the Foreign Service in 1946. He taught political science at Manhattanville College after retiring from the Foreign Service in 1978. Zurhellen, a resident of Putnam Valley, New York, died of cancer at Montefiore Hospital in The Bronx.[3]
Early life
Joseph Owen Zurhellen was born on July 8, 1920 in New York City, NY to Joseph Owen and Dorrial Bernadette (née Levy) Zurhellen.[1]
Marriage
Zurhellen married Helen Audrey Millar on December 19, 1942.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "J. Owen Zurhellen Jr. Collection". Special Collections and Archives. University of Colorado Boulder Libraries. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Joseph Owen Zurhellen Jr". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ a b "J. O. Zurhellen Jr., 70, A State Dept. Official". The New York Times. November 9, 1990. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "HELEN A. ZURHELLEN". The Journal News. March 11, 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2020.