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U.S. Department of State


United States, Govt Org    (1789 to present)
• Department responsible for U.S. Foreign Affairs and Embassies (See: State Dept history)
• Biographies of State Department officers (See: State biographies)
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Atwood, J. Brian   (Officer of, 1979 to 1981) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Assistant Secretary of State (Carter admin)
McHenry, Donald F.   (Officer of, 1979 to 1980) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to the U.N.
Jeffrey, James F.   (Officer of, 1977 to 2012) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 2008 : Ambassador to Turkey
• 2010 : Ambassador to Iraq
Gardner, Richard N.   (Officer of, 1977 to 1981) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Italy -- Duck | Google | Bing
Lake, W. Anthony (Tony)   (Officer of, 1977 to 1981) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Director of Policy Planning (Carter admin)
vanden Heuvel, William J.   (Officer of, 1977 to 1981) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1979 : U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (Carter admin)
Berger, Samuel R. (Sandy)   (Officer of, 1977 to 1980) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Deputy Director of Policy Planning (Carter admin)
Vance, Cyrus R.   (Officer of, 1977 to 1980) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of State (Carter admin)
Gelb, Leslie H.   (Officer of, 1977 to 1979) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Assistant Secretary of State for Political and Military Affairs
Carlucci, Frank C. III   (Officer of, 1974 to 1977) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Poland
Bush, George H.W.   (Officer of, 1974 to 1975) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• U.S. Liason to People's Republic of China
Helms, Richard M.   (Officer of, 1973-03 to 1977-01) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Iran
Kissinger, Henry A.   (Officer of, 1973 to 1977) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of State (Nixon and Ford admins)
• 1973 : Nobel Peace Prize for Vietnam war negotiations
• 1977 : Medal of Freedom
Lord, Winston   (Officer of, 1973 to 1977) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Director of Policy Planning
Wolfowitz, Paul D.   (Officer of, 1973 to 1977) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Moynihan, Daniel P.   (Officer of, 1973 to 1975) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to India -- Duck | Google | Bing
Casey, William J.   (Officer of, 1973 to 1974) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs
Donaldson, William H.   (Officer of, 1973 to 1974) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Undersecretary of State (Nixon admin)
Strausz-Hupe, Robert   (Officer of, 1969 to 1989) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1969 : Ambassador to Sri Lanka (1969-71)
• 1972 : Ambassador to Belgium (1972-74)
• 1974 : Ambassador to Sweden (1974-76)
• 1976 : Ambassador to NATO (1976-77)
• 1981 : Ambassador to Turkey (1981-89) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Shriver, R. Sargent   (Officer of, 1968 to 1970) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to France
Leach, James A.   (Officer of, 1968 to 1969) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Foreign Service Officer
Bremer, L. Paul III   (Officer of, 1966 to 1989) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1972 : Assistant to Henry Kissinger (1972-76)
• 1979 : Deputy Executive Secretary of State (1979-81)
• 1981 : Executive Secretary and Special Assistant to Alexander Haig (1981-83)
Bundy, William P.   (Officer of, 1964 to 1969) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Johnson admin)
Hughes, Thomas L.   (Officer of, 1963 to 1969) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research
Solomon, Anthony M.   (Officer of, 1963 to 1969) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1963 : Deputy assistant secretary of state for Latin America
• 1965 : Assistant Secretary of State for economic affairs.
Lake, W. Anthony (Tony)   (Officer of, 1962 to 1970) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Foreign Service Officer
Wisner, Frank G. II   (Officer of, 1961 to 1997) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1979-08 : Ambassador to Zambia (thru 1982-04)
• 1986-08 : Ambassador to Egypt (thru 1991-06)
• 1991-08 : Ambassador to the Phillipines (thru 1992-06)
• 1992-07 : Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs (thru 1993-01)
• 1994-07 : Ambassador to India (thru 1997-07)
• 1995 : Appointed as a "Career Ambassador"
Bruce, David K. E.   (Officer of, 1961 to 1969) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Great Britain
Rusk, Dean   (Officer of, 1961 to 1969) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of State (See: State Dept profile)
• 1968 : Article on Dean Rusk and his role in the Vietnam war
• 1969 : Awarded Medal of Freedom by President Johnson
Harriman, William Averell   (Officer of, 1961 to 1968) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1961 : Assistant Secretary of State for the Far East
• 1963 : Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs (1963-65)
• 1965 : Ambassador at large (1965-68). Chief negotiator at Paris peace talks during Vietnam war.
Blumenthal, W. Michael   (Officer of, 1961 to 1967) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (Kennedy/Johnson admin)
Ball, George W.   (Officer of, 1961 to 1966) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1962 : Undersecretary of State (Kennedy admin)
Stevenson, Adlai E. II   (Officer of, 1961 to 1965-07-14) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Gardner, Richard N.   (Officer of, 1961 to 1965) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
Cleveland, Harlan   (Officer of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
Galbraith, John Kenneth   (Officer of, 1961 to 1963) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to India (Kennedy admin)
Kennan, George F.   (Officer of, 1961 to 1963) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Yugoslavia (Kennedy admin)
Negroponte, John D.   (Officer of, 1960 to 1997) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1981 : Ambassador to Honduras (1981-85) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1985 : Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (1985-87)
• 1989 : Ambassador to Mexico (1989-93) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1993 : Ambassador to the Philipines (1993-96) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Abramowitz, Morton I.   (Officer of, 1959 to 1990) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Herter, Christian A.   (Officer of, 1957 to 1960) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1957 : Undersecretary of State
• 1959-04 : Secretary of State (Eisenhower admin)
Bruce, David K. E.   (Officer of, 1957 to 1959) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Germany
Carlucci, Frank C. III   (Officer of, 1956 to 1969) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Foreign Service officer
Whitney, John Hay (Jock)   (Officer of, 1955 to 1961) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Great Britain
Conant, James B.   (Officer of, 1955 to 1957) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to West Germany (Eisenhower admin)
Hartman, Arthur A.   (Officer of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1974 : Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs (1974-77)
• 1977 : Ambassador to France
• 1981 : Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1981-87)
• 1984 : Career Ambassador
Lodge, Henry Cabot Jr.   (Officer of, 1953 to 1968) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Dillon, C. Douglas   (Officer of, 1953 to 1960) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1953 : Ambassador to France (1953-58) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1958 : Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs (1958-60) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Dulles, John Foster   (Officer of, 1953 to 1959) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of State (Eisenhower admin) (See: Eisenhower Library papers)
Aldrich, Winthrop W.   (Officer of, 1953 to 1957) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to the U.K. (Eisenhower admin)
Hoover, Herbert C. Jr.   (Officer of, 1953 to 1957) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1954 : Undersecretary of State (Eisenhower admin)
Donovan, William J. (Bill)   (Officer of, 1953 to 1954) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Thailand
Smith, Walter B.   (Officer of, 1953 to 1954) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Undersecretary of State
vanden Heuvel, William J.   (Officer of, 1953 to 1954) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Assistant to William Donovan, Ambassador to Thailand
Barrett, Edward W.   (Officer of, 1950 to 1952) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
Bruce, David K. E.   (Officer of, 1949 to 1953) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1949 : Ambassador to France
• 1952 : Undersecretary of State
Acheson, Dean G.   (Officer of, 1949 to 1952) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of State (Truman admin)
McCloy, John J.   (Officer of, 1949 to 1952) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Military governor and high commissioner for Germany -- Duck | Google | Bing
Lovett, Robert A.   (Officer of, 1947 to 1949) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Undersecretary of State
Marshall, George C.   (Officer of, 1947 to 1948) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of State (Truman admin)
• Author of the "Marshall Plan" for European reconstruction (See: Marshall Plan history)
Young, Kenneth T. Jr.   (Officer of, 1946 to 1963) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1961 : Ambassador to Thailand (1961-63)
Nitze, Paul H.   (Officer of, 1946 to 1952) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1946 : Deputy Director, Office of International Trade Policy
• 1949 : Deputy Director, Policy Planning
Rusk, Dean   (Officer of, 1946 to 1951) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1947 : Director, Office of Special Political Affairs (1947-49)
• 1950 : Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs
Smith, Walter B.   (Officer of, 1946 to 1949) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Soviet Union
Pell, Claiborne   (Officer of, 1945 to 1952) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Foreign Service Officer, Europe
Byrnes, James F. (Jimmy)   (Officer of, 1945 to 1947) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of State (Truman admin)
Clayton, William L. (Will)   (Officer of, 1944 to 1947) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Truman admin)
MacLeish, Archibald   (Officer of, 1944 to 1945) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Undersecretary of State
Johnson, Joseph E.   (Officer of, 1943 to 1947) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Harriman, William Averell   (Officer of, 1943 to 1946) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Russia
Stettinius, Edward R. Jr.   (Officer of, 1943 to 1945) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1943 : Undersecretary of State
• 1944-11 : Secretary of State. (See: State bio)
Solomon, Anthony M.   (Officer of, 1942 to 1946) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Director-general of finance of Southwest Iran
Jackson, Charles D.   (Officer of, 1942 to 1943) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Assistant to U.S. Ambassador, Turkey -- Duck | Google | Bing
Acheson, Dean G.   (Officer of, 1941 to 1947) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1941 : Assistant Secretary of State (1941-45)
• 1944-07 : Participant in Bretton Woods Conference (IMF) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1945 : Undersecretary of State (1945-47)
Kennedy, Joseph P.   (Officer of, 1937 to 1940) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain.
Hiss, Alger   (Officer of, 1936 to 1947) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Various positions
Hull, Cordell   (Officer of, 1933-03 to 1944-11) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of State (Roosevelt admin) (See: State bio)
Dodd, William E.   (Officer of, 1933 to 1937) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Germany during the Nazi period prior to WW2
• 1937 : "A clique of U.S. industrialists is hell-bent to bring a fascist state to supplant our democratic government and is working closely with the fascist regime in Germany. I have had plenty of opportunity in Berlin to witness how close some of our American ruling families are to the Nazi regime. . .They extended aid to help Fascism occupy the seat of power, and they are helping to keep it there." -- as quoted in "Trading with the Enemy" by Charles Higham, p.167
Achilles, Theodore C.   (Officer of, 1932 to 1962) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Mellon, Andrew W.   (Officer of, 1932 to 1933) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Great Britain
Guggenheim, Harry F.   (Officer of, 1929 to 1933) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Cuba
Stimson, Henry L.   (Officer of, 1929 to 1933) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of State (Hoover admin)
Kennan, George F.   (Officer of, 1926 to 1953) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1933 : Moscow embassy staff (1933-46)
• 1947 : Director, Policy Planning Staff
• 1952 : Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. (Truman admin)
U.S. Economic Cooperation Authority (ECA)   (Division of, 1948 to 1952) -- Duck | Google | Bing