William Luers, American museum administrator and career diplomat William Henry Luers died on May 10, 2025. He was born May 15, 1929. He directed the Iran Project. After serving 31 years in the Foreign Service, Luers held positions as a US Navy officer, president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and chairman of the US Association to the UN. Luers was a Columbia University School of Global and Public Affairs adjunct.
William Luers Obituary : His Biography and Legal Legacy
William Luers’ Beginnings of formal education
In Springfield, Illinois, Luers was born. He earned his BA from Hamilton College and MA from Columbia University.
William Luers’ Military and political careers
Luers was a Navy lieutenant from 1953 until 1957. Thereafter, he entered the US Foreign Service. His thirty-one years in the Foreign Service included serving as U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1983–1986), Venezuela (1978–1982), Europe (1977–1978), and Inter-American Affairs (1975–1977).
career after graduation and other interests
Luers led the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for thirteen years before becoming UNA-USA president in February 1999.
Before dying, Luers managed the Iran Project, “a high-level group that has long supported negotiations with Iran.”
Luers’ distinguished positions included visiting lecturer at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, director’s visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study (1982–1983), visiting lecturer at George Washington University, and visiting lecturer at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. His previous job was adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, teaching global affairs and public policy.
Luers served on nonprofit boards, including the Rubin Museum of Art, Trust for Mutual Understanding, National Museum of Natural History, and Rockefeller Brothers Fund. He was also the American international advisor for the Praemium Imperiale Awards for the Arts. Luers was a Council on Foreign Relations member and a fellow of the American Academies of Arts and Sciences and Diplomacy.
Without employment, Luers spoke Italian, Spanish, and Russian well. His wife, Wendy Luers, created and runs The Foundation for Civil Society.
Luers died at 95 on May 10, 2025.
Honoring William Luers
In moments like these, we feel the loss deeply. William Luers had a profound impact on many lives.
If you have any memories or thoughts to share, please feel free to leave a comment below. Let’s come together to remember and celebrate his life.
A murit renumitul diplomat american William H. Luers, fost ambasador în Cehoslovacia și Venezuela, cunoscut pentru sprijinul său activ față de disidenții cehi, inclusiv Václav Havel. #diplomație #SUA #Cehia #VáclavHavel #WilliamHLuersДетальніше: https://newsro.us/node/5874
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