What is John Reinhardt?
[[File:John E. Reinhardt.jpg|thumb|200px|Reinhardt in December 1971]] '''John Edward Reinhardt''' (March 8, 1920 &ndash; February 18, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] [[diplomat]]. He was born in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]]. He was the United States' [[ambassador]] to [[Nigeria]] from 1971 to 1975. This made him one of the first black ambassadors. From 1975 to 1977, he was [[Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs]]. He became the director of the [[United States Information Agency]] from 1977 to 1980. Reinhardt died in [[Silver Spring, Maryland|Silver Spring]], [[Maryland]] from a [[stroke]]. He was aged 95.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/us/john-e-reinhardt-ambassador-and-head-of-us-information-agency-dies-at-95.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|title=John E. Reinhardt, ambassador and head of US Information Agency dies at 95|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|access-date=February 25, 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Reinhardt, John}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] [[Category:Ambassadors of the United States]] [[Category:Politicians from Tennessee]] [[Category:People from Knoxville, Tennessee]]