American Ambassador Clint Williamson will be returning to his alma mater the morning of Friday, April 26 in honor of his class reunion. Williamson will speak in the Ruston High auditorium that morning at 10:00 am to Ruston students, alumni and community members.
Williamson serves as the Lead Coordinator of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA) for Ukraine. He is the Senior Director for International Justice at Georgetown University and serves on appointment by the International Court of Justice, as the Presiding Arbiter of the Brcko Arbitration Tribunal in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In previous years, Williamson served as the Lead Prosecutor of the Brussels-cased European Union Special Investigative Task Force from 2011-2014 and as Special Expert to the Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2010-2011. In the years 2006-2009, Williamson served as the US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues during the Bush and Obama Administrations.
During his time at the White House, he took the position of Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Relief for the National Security Council from 2003-2006. He spent time serving in Baghdad as Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Justice in Iraq in 2003 and time in UN-administered Kosovo during his tenure as Director of Justice in the UN Mission in Kosovo.
Born and raised in Ruston, La., Williamson attended school here for many years. After his time at Ruston High School, Williamson attended Louisiana Tech University for his bachelor’s degree and then attended Tulane University for his J.D. degree. He has returned to Ruston before to speak at Louisiana Tech University in 2017 on foreign policy. Having established roots in Ruston, many Lincoln Parish residents are anxious to hear from the Ambassador upon his return.
