17 Facts About Bismarck Myrick

Bismarck Myrick was a career member of the Senior Foreign Service and a decorated Vietnam War hero.

Bismarck Myrick represented the US at the swearing in of South Africa's first democratic parliament, led by Nelson Mandela.

Bismarck Myrick is featured in the March, 2013 edition of "The Citizen of Chesapeake" Newspaper.

Bismarck Myrick performed military police duties in Okinawa and Germany before his first assignment as an infantry officer in South Korea.

Bismarck Myrick was an infantry company commander in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969.

Bismarck Myrick earned the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars for heroism in combat, two Bronze Stars for meritorious service in a combat zone, the Purple Heart, Meritorious Service Medal, Parachutist Badge, and Combat Infantryman Badge.

Bismarck Myrick was inducted into the US Army Hall of Fame at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1996.

Bismarck Myrick is in the National Infantry Museum's Hall of Fame at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Bismarck Myrick was the ODU 2011 Veterans Day Honoree and Featured Speaker.

Bismarck Myrick joined the Foreign Service in 1980 and was assigned as Desk Officer for Somalia in the Office of East African Affairs.

Bismarck Myrick returned to Washington, DC to serve from 1985 to 1987 as Action Officer in the Office of Strategic Nuclear Policy, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs.

Bismarck Myrick was Chairman of the Interagency Nuclear Testing Arms Control Working Group and served on the US Delegation to the Geneva Nuclear Testing talks.

Bismarck Myrick served as Deputy Director for policy planning and coordination in the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs from 1987 to 1989.

Bismarck Myrick served as Principal Officer in Cape Town, South Africa from 1993 to 1995, and as Principal Officer in Durban, South Africa from 1990 to 1993, where he helped manage US policies during that nation's transformation from apartheid to non-racial democracy.

Bismarck Myrick was co-author of Three Aspects of Crisis in Colonial Kenya; author of "The United States and Liberia" in The African Experience: Past, Present, and Future and author of scores of official documents.

Bismarck Myrick later taught political science at Old Dominion University as an Ambassador-in-Residence and Lecturer.

Bismarck Myrick died on September 29,2024, at the age of 83.