What is Richard S. Williamson?
{{Infobox officeholder |birth_name=Richard Salisbury Williamson | name=Richard S. Williamson | image=Amb. Richard Williamson.jpg | order=17th | title=[[Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs]] | term_start=February 5, 1988 | term_end=March 19, 1989 | president=[[Ronald Reagan]]<br>[[George H. W. Bush]] | predecessor=[[Alan Keyes]] | successor=[[John R. Bolton]] | birth_date={{birth date|1949|05|09}} | birth_place=Evanston, Illinois | death_date= {{death date and age|2013|12|08|1949|05|09}} | death_place= Chicago, Illinois | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | nationality = [[United States|American]] | alma_mater=[[Princeton University]]<br>[[University of Virginia School of Law]] | spouse= Jane Williamson | residence = IL | religion= }} '''Richard Salisbury Williamson''' (May 9, 1949 – December 8, 2013) was an [[Americans|American]] [[lawyer]], [[diplomat]] and [[Pedagogy|pedagogue]]. He previously served as Special Envoy to [[Sudan]] under [[George W. Bush]].<ref>[http://www.state.gov/outofdate/bios/99122.htm]</ref> Williamson was a partner at [[Winston & Strawn]] and was also ''Thomas J. Sharkey Distinguished Visiting Scholar'' at [[Whitehead School of Diplomacy|Seton Hall's Whitehead School of Diplomacy]]. Williamson died of a [[cerebral hemorrhage]] at a Chicago hospital on December 8, 2013, aged 64.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bnd.com/2013/12/09/2950974/illinois-gop-mainstay-rich-williamson.html |title=CHICAGO: Ill. GOP leader, envoy Rich Williamson dies at 64 &#124; Illinois News &#124; News Democrat |access-date=2013-12-10 |archive-date=2013-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213153731/http://www.bnd.com/2013/12/09/2950974/illinois-gop-mainstay-rich-williamson.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://voices.suntimes.com/early-and-often/sweet/rich-williamson-former-un-official-gop-illinois-senate-candidate-romney-advisor/ |title=Rich Williamson, former UN official, GOP Illinois Senate candidate, Romney advisor 1949-2013Vo