William Robert Rivkin (1919-1967) -- also
known as William R. Rivkin -- of Illinois. Born in Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa, 1919. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1962-65; U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, 1966-67;
died in office 1967; U.S. Ambassador, 1966-67; died in office 1967. Member,
Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, of a heart attack,
in Dakar, Senegal, March 19, 1967. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery,
Arlington, Virginia.
Name: William R. Rivkin
State of Residency: Illinois
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 13, 1966
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 16, 1967
Termination of Mission: Died at Dakar Mar
19, 1967
Note: Also accredited to Senegal; resident
at Dakar.
RIVKIN, WILLIAM R
MAJOR US ARMY
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
DATE OF BIRTH: 04/16/1919
DATE OF DEATH: 03/19/1967
DATE OF INTERMENT: 03/22/1967
BURIED AT: SECTION 1 SITE 150-G
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Photograph By M. R. Patterson,
October 2002
Posted: 20 October
2002 Updated: 14 June 2003
Updated: 9 August 2003 Updated: 6 September
2004
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