Ambassador of the United States of America to the Russian Federation

We met with the Ambassador, William Joseph Burns on April 10. Ambassador Burns earned a B.A. in History from LaSalle University and M.Phil and D.Phil degrees in International Relations from Oxford University, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar. He is a recipient of three Honoary doctoral degrees. Ambassador Burns is the author of Economic Aid and American Policy Toward Egypt, 1955-1981 (State University of New York Press, 1985). He speaks Russian, Arabic, and French. In 1994, he was named to TIME Magazine’s list of the “50 Most Promising American Leaders under age 40”, and to TIME’s list of “100 Young Global Leaders”
Ambassador Burns and his wife, Lisa Carty, have two daughters.