T. Frank Crigler

Trusten Frank Crigler (October 17, 1935 in Phoenix, Arizona - May 16, 2021) was a career foreign service officer who became the US Ambassador to Rwanda from October 29, 1976 until May 12, 1979 and Ambassador to Somalia from June 3, 1987 until April 1, 1990.

Crigler taught International Affairs at Simmons College once he retired from the State Department. He and his wife (Bettie Ann née Morris) moved to Durham, North Carolina in 1996. He co-founded American Diplomacy, an online quarterly, the same year. Crigler was a fellow with Duke University’s Center for International Development and Research and was a member of the Planning Committee for Carolina Friends of the Foreign Service.

Education Crigler graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College (B.A., 1957) and speaks Spanish and French.

Personal life He and his wife have three children.