Avis T. Bohlen

{{Short description|American diplomat (born 1940)}}

{{Infobox US Ambassador

| name=Avis Bohlen

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| order=32nd

| ambassador_from=United States

| country= Bulgaria

| term_start= September 5, 1996

| term_end= August 13, 1999

| president= Bill Clinton

| predecessor = William Dale Montgomery

| successor = Richard Miles

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|4|20}}

| birth_place = Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

| death_ date =

| spouse= David Calleo

| party=

| profession=Diplomat

| religion=

| alma_mater=Radcliffe College (B.A., 1961)
Columbia University (M.A., 1965) [https://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/member/avis-t-bohle/ "Member Profile: Avis Bohlen"], Academy of Diplomacy.

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Avis Thayer Bohlen (born April 20, 1940, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania)[http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~sch00461 Avis Howard Thayer Bohlen Papers, 1929–1981] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174942/http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~sch00461 |date=2016-03-03 }}; Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. is a diplomat and former Assistant Secretary for Arms Control (1999–2002){{cite news |last=Yuan |first=Jing-dong |title=Bush's ABM bombshell: The fallout in Asia |publisher=Asia Times Online |date=January 8, 2002 |url=http://www.atimes.com/china/DA08Ad01.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020124041117/http://www.atimes.com/china/DA08Ad01.html |url-status=unfit |archive-date=January 24, 2002 |access-date=December 3, 2010}}{{cite news |title=Bolton engineered unlawful ouster with Iraq in mind, ex-aide says |work=The Reading Eagle |date=June 5, 2005 |page=A5 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HZEjAAAAIBAJ&pg=1223,1130739&dq=avis-bohlen+mother&hl=en |access-date=December 3, 2010}} and United States Ambassador to Bulgaria (1996–1999).{{cite news |title=Hillary Clinton in Bulgaria for conference on women |work=Bulgarian News Agency |date=October 11, 1998 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F98E638C7FBB912&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=December 3, 2010}}{{Cite web |date=28 February 2003 |title=The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR AVIS THAYER BOHLEN |url=https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Bohlen-Avis-T.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621162204/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Bohlen-Avis-T.pdf |archive-date=21 June 2024 |access-date=22 July 2024 |website=Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training}}