Background
Sherer, Albert William was born on January 16, 1916 in Wheaton, Illinois, United States. Son of Albert William and Linda (Van Nostran) Sherer.
Sherer, Albert William was born on January 16, 1916 in Wheaton, Illinois, United States. Son of Albert William and Linda (Van Nostran) Sherer.
AB, Yale University, 1938; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1941.
Foreign service officer, 1946-1975;
assigned, Tangier, Morocco, 1946-1949;
assigned, Budapest, Hungary, 1949-1951;
assigned, Office Eastern European Affairs, Department State, 1951-1954, 57-61;
1st secretary, Prague, Czechoslovakia., 1955-1957;
deputy chief of mission, Warsaw, Poland, 1961-1966;
foreign service inspector, Department State, Washington, 1966-1987. Ambassador to Togo,1967-1968, to Togo and Equatorial Guinea, 1968-1970, to Republic of Guinea, 1970-1972, to Czechoslovak Socialist Republic,1972-1975. Chief United States delegate to Conference Security and Cooperation Europe, 1974-1975.
Deputy representative of the United States to United Nations Security Council, 1975-1987.
With United States Army Air Force, 1941-1945.
Married Carroll Russell, October 24, 1944. Children: Peter, Susan, Anthony.