Arms Control Working Group and served on the U.S. Delegation to the Geneva Nuclear Testing talks. Myrick served as Deputy Director for policy planning and coordination in the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs from 1987 to 1989. In 1989, he was awarded a Una Chapman Cox Fellowship and conducted research on a project entitled "Change in the Horn of Africa and Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy in the 1990s." He holds the Department of State's Superior Honor Award and four Meritorious Honor Awards. While serving as the ambassador to Liberia, Myrick became the center of a potential international incident: after alleging that Myrick had interfered in domestic political issues, ruling National Patriotic Party chairman Cyril Allen urged the government to arrest Myrick. Disputes erupted among NPP partisans, as some opposed the statement of their party boss and called for an increased separation between their party and the government. The government of Lesotho awarded him the Most Meritorious Order of Mohlomi, its highest honor to a non-citizen, for his work in promoting democracy. He also served as Principal Officer in Cape Town, South Africa from 1993 to 1995, and as Principal Officer in Durban, South Africa from 1990 to 1993, where he helped manage U.S. policies during that nation's transformation from apartheid to non-racial democracy. During his military career, Myrick also served in Ethiopia from 1975 to 1979 as an Army foreign area officer. Myrick is co-author of Three Aspects of Crisis in Colonial Kenya ; author of "The United States and Liberia" in The African Experience: Past, Present, and Future and author of scores of official documents. Old Dominion University He currently teaches political science at Old Dominion University as an Ambassador-in-Residence and Lecturer. References External links The Political Graveyard - Index to Politicians: Myerson to Myzell U.S. Department of State Press Release, March 19, 2002 -- Bismarck Myrick biography 1940 births Living people United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War People from Portsmouth, Virginia Recipients of the Silver Star Ambassadors of the United States to Liberia African-American diplomats Ambassadors of the United States to Lesotho United States Foreign Service personnel University of Tampa alumni United States Army soldiers 20th-century African-American people Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs alumni 21st-century African-American people 20th-century American diplomats 21st-century American diplomats