# Tyler Thompson

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{{Short description|American diplomat (1907–2002)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office              = 8th [Director General of the Foreign Service](/source/Director_General_of_the_Foreign_Service)
| image=Tyler-Thompson (cropped).jpg
| caption=Thompson in 1964
| term_start          = May 14, 1961
| term_end            = February 15, 1964
| preceded            = [Waldemar J. Gallman](/source/Waldemar_J._Gallman)
| succeeded           = [Joseph Palmer II](/source/Joseph_Palmer_II)
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1907|9|21}}
| birth_place=[Elmira, New York](/source/Elmira%2C_New_York), U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2002|3|30|1907|9|21}}
| death_place=[Hancock, Maine](/source/Hancock%2C_Maine), U.S.
| spouse={{marriage|Ruth Webb Hunt|1931}}
| children=2
| profession=Diplomat
}}

'''Tyler Thompson''' (September 21, 1907 – March 30, 2002) was an [American Ambassador to Finland](/source/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_States_to_Finland) and [Iceland](/source/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_States_to_Iceland).<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |title=Tyler Thompson Is Chosen As Ambassador to Finland |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/07/09/archives/tyler-thompson-is-chosen-as-ambassador-to-finland.html |access-date=28 August 2022 |publisher=The New York Times |date=July 9, 1964}}</ref> He also served as the director general of the Foreign Service.<ref name="OotH">{{cite web |title=Tyler Thompson (1907–2002) |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/thompson-tyler |website=Office of the Historian |publisher=Department of State |access-date=28 August 2022}}</ref>

Thompson was a native of [Elmira](/source/Elmira%2C_New_York), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), where he was born on September 21, 1907.<ref name="obit" /><ref name="NYT"/> He entered the Foreign Service in 1931 after graduating from [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University).<ref name="NYT" /> He served as the United States ambassador to Iceland January 27, 1960 through April 16, 1961; director general of the Foreign Service from May 14, 1961 through February 15, 1964; special assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration; then as ambassador to Finland July 31, 1964 until June 14, 1969.<ref name="OotH"/> During the [Cold War](/source/Cold_War), he opposed deploying U.S. nuclear weapons in Iceland.<ref>[https://www.icelandreview.com/news/us-debated-deploying-nuclear-weapons-in-iceland/ "US Debated Deploying Nuclear Weapons in Iceland"] ''Iceland Review'', August 16, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2024.</ref>  

Thompson was married to Ruth Webb Hunt in 1931 and had two children.<ref name="obit" /> He died in [Hancock](/source/Hancock_County%2C_Maine), [Maine](/source/Maine) on March 30, 2002.<ref name="obit">{{cite web|title=Obituaries|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bangor-daily-news-obituary-for-tyler/91382242/|publisher=The Bangor Daily News|page=B6|date=April 5, 2002|access-date=May 10, 2025}}.</ref>  

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/22955-document-document-9-ambassador-tyler-thompson Ambassador Tyler Thompson to Ivan White, 5 August 1960, top secret, excised copy]

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Category:Princeton University alumni
Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Finland
Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Iceland
Category:1907 births
Category:2002 deaths

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