Ryan Clark Crocker was born on June 19,1949 and is a retired American diplomat who served as a career ambassador within the United States Foreign Service.
10 Facts About Ryan Crocker
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Ryan Crocker attended University College Dublin and Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, where he received a bachelor of arts in English literature in 1971 and is a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
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Ryan Crocker completed the 20-month program at the Foreign Service Institutes Arabic School in Tunis in June 1978.
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Ryan Crocker was then assigned as chief of the economic-commercial section at the US interests section in Baghdad, Iraq.
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Ryan Crocker served in Beirut, Lebanon, as chief of the political section from 1981 to 1984.
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When he stepped down in July 2012 as ambassador in Kabul, Ryan Crocker was named an Honorary Marine by the United States Marine Corps.
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In October 2020, Ryan Crocker received the Sylvanus Thayer Award presented by the United States Military Academy's Association of Graduates for exemplifying personal devotion West Point's motto: Duty, Honor, Country.
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Ryan Crocker was sentenced to a 30-day suspension of his driver's license, a $1,000 fine, and 24 months of probation.
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Ryan Crocker has received a Presidential Distinguished Service Award in 1994, the State Department Secretary's Distinguished Service Award in 2008 and 2012, the Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Awards in 1997 and 2008, and the Defense Distinguished Public Service Award in 2012.
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Ryan Crocker holds the State Department Distinguished Honor Award, Award for Valor, three Superior Honor Awards, and the American Foreign Service Association Rivkin Award.