Consul General Alford, Lord Mayor Roth and City Council Chairman Bührmann

New Consul General Meets Lord Mayor Roth and City Council Chairman Bührmann
August 26, 2009. Frankfurt Lord Mayor Petra Roth and City Council Chairman Karlheinz Bührmann met the new Consul General Edward M. (Ned) Alford at Frankfurt City Hall on August 26. Lord Mayor Roth presented Consul General Alford two china espresso cups made in Hoechst for “his first Frankfurt coffee”. Mr. Alford had assumed charge of the U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt on August 19, 2009. Prior to his assignment to Frankfurt, Mr. Alford served in Washington, Baghdad, Islamabad, Moscow,  Rome, Dhaka, Windhoek, Addis Ababa, Leningrad, Nairobi, and Manama.  Mr. Alford is looking forward to being in Frankfurt again: When he served in the military in Augsburg 1975-1976 where he worked as a German translator, he had spent his first night in Germany at “Gutleutkaserne” in Frankfurt.