{{Short description|American diplomat (1934–2024)}} {{Infobox officeholder | office = [[Assistant Secretary of State for Administration]] | term_start = July 13, 1988 | term_end = August 7, 1989 | preceded = [[Donald J. Bouchard]] | succeeded = [[Arthur W. Fort]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1934|6|15}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|10|18|1934|6|15}} | death_place = | education = [[University of Maryland]] | office1 = 2nd [[Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security]] | term_start1 = August 9, 1989 | term_end1 = August 7, 1992 | preceded1 = [[Robert E. Lamb]] | succeeded1 = [[Anthony C. E. Quainton]] }}
'''Sheldon Jack Krys''' (June 15, 1934 – October 18, 2024) was an American diplomat who was the [[United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago]] from 1985 to 1988, [[Assistant Secretary of State for Administration]] from 1988 to 1989, and [[Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security]] from 1989 to 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 August 1994 |title=Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR SHELDON J. KRYS |url=https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Krys,%20Sheldon%20J.toc.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627032212/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Krys,%20Sheldon%20J.toc.pdf |archive-date=27 June 2024 |access-date=24 July 2024 |website=Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training}}</ref>
==Biography== Sheldon J. Krys was born in [[New York City]] on June 15, 1934.<ref name=nomination1>[http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1985/40485b.htm Nominations & Appointments, April 4, 1985]</ref> He was educated at the [[University of Maryland]], graduating in 1955.<ref name=nomination2>[http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?id=711&year=1989&month=all Nomination of Sheldon J. Krys To Be an Assistant Secretary of State, July 19, 1989]</ref>
Krys began a career in government service in 1961, when he became a consultant to the Director of the [[Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (United States)|Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service]].<ref name=nomination2/> He spent 1962–65 as Director of the [[United States Department of State|Department of State]] Reception Centers.<ref name=nomination2/> As a member of the [[United States Foreign Service]], he was a management officer in [[London]] 1965–66.<ref name=nomination2/> From 1966 to 1969, he was special assistant to [[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom]] [[David K. E. Bruce]].<ref name=nomination2/> In 1969, he became the State Department's Director of Personnel for [[Latin America]]. Krys, who was fluent in [[French language|French]] and [[Serbo-Croatian language|Serbo-Croatian]],<ref name=nomination1/> in 1974, was posted to [[Belgrade]] as administrative counselor.<ref name=nomination2/> He spent 1976–77 studying at the [[National War College]], and then served as a Foreign Service inspector 1977–79.<ref name=nomination2/> He then became Executive Director of the [[Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=nomination2/> From 1983 to 1985, he was Deputy Director for Management Operations and executive assistant of [[Under Secretary of State for Management]] [[Ronald I. Spiers]].<ref name=nomination2/>
In 1985, [[President of the United States]] [[Ronald Reagan]] nominated Krys as [[United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago]].<ref name=nomination2/> He served in this post from August 19, 1985, until April 24, 1988.
In 1988, Reagan nominated Krys as [[Assistant Secretary of State for Administration]] and he subsequently held this post from July 13, 1988, until August 7, 1989.<ref name=nomination2/> President [[George H. W. Bush]] then named him [[Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security]], and he held this office from August 9, 1989, until August 7, 1992.<ref name=nomination2/>
After leaving government service, Krys became a [[lobbyist]] and [[consultant]] with the firm of [[Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth]].<ref>[http://www.fhhlaw.com/attorney_s_krys.asp Profile from Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070715080857/http://www.fhhlaw.com/attorney_s_krys.asp |date=2007-07-15 }}</ref>
Krys was a member of the [[Peabody Award]]s Board of Jurors from 1989 to 1995, and again from 1996 to 1997. He served as Chair from 1993 to 1995.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/george-foster-peabody-awards-board-members |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518091724/http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/george-foster-peabody-awards-board-members |archive-date=2015-05-18 |title=The Peabody Awards - George Foster Peabody Awards Board Members}}</ref>
Krys died on October 18, 2024, at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sheldon Jack Krys |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/sheldon-krys-obituary?id=56588969 |website=Legacy |access-date=31 October 2024}}</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-dip}} {{succession box| before=[[Melvin H. Evans]]| title=[[United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago]]| after=[[Charles A. Gargano]]| years=August 19, 1985 – April 24, 1988 }} {{s-gov}} {{succession box| before=[[Donald J. Bouchard]]| title=[[Assistant Secretary of State for Administration]]| after=[[Arthur W. Fort]]| years=July 13, 1988 – August 7, 1989 }} {{succession box| before=[[Robert E. Lamb]]| title=[[Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security]]| after=[[Anthony C. E. Quainton]]| years=August 9, 1989 – August 7, 1992 }} {{end}}
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