Background
Matthews, Gary Lynn was born on January 24, 1938 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Delbert Lee and Maurine (Cochran) Matthews.
Matthews, Gary Lynn was born on January 24, 1938 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Delbert Lee and Maurine (Cochran) Matthews.
Bachelor, Drury College, Springfield, Missouri, 1960. Master of Arts, Oklahoma State University, 1961. M. International Affairs, Columbia University, 1969.
Commissioned foreign service officer Department State, 1961. Rotational officer American embassy, Bonn, Federal Republic Germany, 1962-1964. Operations center watch officer Department State, Washington, 1964-1965.
Polish language trainee, 1965-1966. Consular officer American embassy, Warsaw, Poland, 1966-1967. Political and economic officer American consulate, Poznan, Poland, 1967-1968.
International relations officer Office Soviet Union Affairs, Department State, Washington, 1969-1971. Assistant province adviser Quang Nam, Vietnam, 1971-1972. Deputy and senior province adviser Thua Thien and Hue, Vietnam, 1972-1973.
Deputy consul general, political-economics officer American Consulate General, Leningrad, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1973-1976. Director international business development State Government Missouri and Office of Governor, 1976-1977. Officer-in-charge multilateral political relations Office Soviet Union Affairs, Department State, Washington, 1977-1980.
Special assistant to secretary of state's special adviser on Soviet affairs Department State, 1980-1981, executive assistant to undersecretary of state for political affairs, 1981-1982, executive assistant to deputy secretary of state, 1982. Member Executive Seminar in National and International Affairs, 1982-1983. Senior deputy assistant secretary of state for human rights and humanitarian affairs Department State, 1983-1985.
Ambassador to Republic of Malta Valletta, 1985-1987. Special coordinator Soviet Union and Eastern Europe United States Department State, Washington, since 1987.
Served with United States Army, 1955-1958. Member American Foreign Service Association.
Married Virginia Webster, February 28, 1967. Children– Catherine, Andrew, Sarah.