Paul C. Lambert (born March 14, 1928) was the United States Ambassador to

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from 1990 to 1992. He submitted his resignation in December 1991 saying Ecuador is “a country plagued by corruption and excessive bureaucracy.”

Background

Lambert was born in

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on March 14, 1928. He graduated from

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(A.B., 1950) before continuing his education at

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(J.D. 1953). He served in the

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(G-2) after graduating from law school (from 1953 to 1955). Lambert began working as a lawyer in 1955 with the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy in

. From 1966 to 1990, Lambert was a partner of Breed, Abbott & Morgan leaving when he became a United States Ambassador. Lambert joined the law firm McLaughlin & Stern as a partner in early 2004, focusing on estate planning, estate and trust administration, and Surrogate's Court litigation. During his legal career, Lambert “has been involved in some of the most significant estate and trust litigations of the last several decades, including Matter of Rothko, Estate of J. Seward Johnson, Matter of Stillman and Matter of Rockefeller.” Long active in New York State politics, Lambert was a member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Republican Party from 1983 to 1990 and served as a Steering Committee and Finance Committee member of the 1988 George Bush for President election campaign. He served as a member New York Delegation to the Republican National Conventions in 1984, 1988, and 1992. Lambert has been an active supporter of Yale. He has contributed in many ways including serving as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Association of Yale Alumni, as a Director of the Yale Alumni Fund, and as a member of the Yale Development Board, the Honorary Degree Committee, and the University Council. Because of his efforts, he was awarded the Yale Medal in 1988.

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