William Harrison Courtney

William Harrison Courtney, or William H. Courtney (b. 1946 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA) is an American diplomat, having served as representative for the U.S. mostly in Eastern Europe.

He was appointed by President Bill Clinton as Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasian affairs in 1997 [cite web|url=http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1997/359713.shtml|title=William Courtney appointed to NSC] . He had previously served as Ambassador to Georgiacite web|url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10583.htm|title=U.S. Department of State info on ambassadors to Georgia] . Prior to that, Courtney was Ambassador to Kazakhstan [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/courtney.html#S8N04RL6B Kazakhstan, Central Asia] The Political Graveyard] , and co-chair of the U.S. delegation on Safety, Security and Dismantlement of Nuclear Weapons, and head of the U.S. delegation, with rank of Ambassador, to the implementing commissions established by the Threshold Test Ban and Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaties. Earlier, he served in the Nuclear and Space Talks in Geneva and at the American Embassies in Moscow and Brasilia. He was an international affairs fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations and since 1972 has held a career Foreign Service Offices.

Dr. Courtney graduated from West Virginia University (B.A., 1966) and Brown University (Ph.D., 1972). He is married and has two children.

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