From Aryana Encyclopedia
Angus Ward, American Ambassador in Afghanistan
Ward, Angus Ivan (1893-1969) — also known as Angus I. Ward — Born in Alvinston, Ontario, July 19, 1893. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Mukden, 1926; Tientsin, 1927-29; U.S. Consul in Tientsin, 1932; Moscow, 1938; U.S. Consul General in Vladivostok, 1943; Mukden, 1949; U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1952-56. Died in 1969. Interment somewhere in Coin, Spain.[*]
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Ambassador Angus Ward speaks with Afghan education leaders at the USIS Library(Kabul, 1953).
U.S. Ambassador Ward speaks with Abdul Majid, Minister of Education (right), and Mir Amanuddin Ansari, President of the Faculty of Literature at Kabul University (center). Both men were graduates of American universities who had returned to their homeland to assume important positions. They represented the ultimate goal of U.S.-Afghanistan educational exchanges: a new generation of Afghan leaders.[*]
Angus Ward, American Ambassador in Afghanistan
Ward, Angus Ivan (1893-1969) — also known as Angus I. Ward — Born in Alvinston, Ontario, July 19, 1893. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Mukden, 1926; Tientsin, 1927-29; U.S. Consul in Tientsin, 1932; Moscow, 1938; U.S. Consul General in Vladivostok, 1943; Mukden, 1949; U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1952-56. Died in 1969. Interment somewhere in Coin, Spain.[*]
Ambassador Angus Ward speaks with Afghan education leaders at the USIS Library(Kabul, 1953).
U.S. Ambassador Ward speaks with Abdul Majid, Minister of Education (right), and Mir Amanuddin Ansari, President of the Faculty of Literature at Kabul University (center). Both men were graduates of American universities who had returned to their homeland to assume important positions. They represented the ultimate goal of U.S.-Afghanistan educational exchanges: a new generation of Afghan leaders.[*]
