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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1979

Note: Career Foreign Service appointees are asterisked.

  • *Morton Isaac Abramowitz (1933–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1978–1981)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (1985–1989)
    • Career Ambassador (1989)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1989–1991)
  • *Orison Rudolph Aggrey (1926–2016)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Gambia (1973–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (1973–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Romania (1977–1981)
  • Philip Henry Alston Jr. (1911–1988)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Australia (1977–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nauru (1979–1981)
  • *Diego Cortes Asencio (1931–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1977–1980)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs (1980–1983)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1983–1986)
  • Reubin O’Donovan Askew (1928–)
    • U.S. Trade Representative (1979–1980)
  • *Alfred Leroy Atherton Jr. (1921–2002)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1974–1978)
    • Ambassador at Large (1978–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1979–1983)
    • Career Ambassador (1981)
    • Director General of the Foreign Service (1983–1984)
  • John Brian Atwood (1942–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1979–1981)
    • Under Secretary of State for Management (1993)
    • Administrator of the Agency for International Development (1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (Nomination of January 6, 1999, withdrawn on May 24, 1999.)
  • *John Alexander Baker Jr. (1927–1994)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Affairs (1979–1980)
  • *Harry George Barnes Jr. (1926–2012)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Romania (1973–1977)
    • Director General of the Foreign Service (1977–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1981–1985)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1985–1988)
  • *Reginald Bartholomew (1936–2012)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs (1979–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1983–1986)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1986–1989)
    • Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (1989–1992)
    • U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1992–1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1993–1997)
  • *Maurice Darrow Bean (1928–2009)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (1977–1979)
  • Douglas Joseph Bennet Jr. (1938–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1977–1979)
    • Administrator of the Agency for International Development (1979–1981)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1993–1995)
  • *William Tapley Bennett Jr. (1917–1994)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1964–1966)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1966–1969)
    • U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1977–1983)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1983–1985)
  • Lucy Wilson Peters Benson (1927–)
    • Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (1977–1980)
  • *Donald C. Bergus (1920–1998)
    • Principal Officer, Egypt (1972)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sudan (1977–1980)
  • *James Keough Bishop (1938–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Niger (1979–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liberia (1987–1990)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia (1990–1991)
  • *Richard Joseph Bloomfield (1927–2011)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1976–1978)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1978–1982)
  • *Paul Harold Boeker (1938–2003)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1977–1980)
    • Director of the Foreign Service Institute (1980–1982)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1984–1987)
  • *David Benjamin Bolen (1923–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Botswana (1974–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lesotho (1974–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Swaziland (1974–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, German Democratic Republic (1977–1980)
  • *Davis Eugene Boster (1920–2005)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bangladesh (1974–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1976–1979)
  • *Stephen Warren Bosworth (1939–2016)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tunisia (1979–1981)
    • Director of Policy Planning (1983–1984)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (1984–1987)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (1997–2001)
  • *William Garton Bowdler (1924–2016)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1968–1971)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1971–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1975–1978)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (1978–1979)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1979–1981)
  • *Thomas David Boyatt (1933–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burkina Faso (1978–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1980–1983)
  • *William G. Bradford (1925–2008)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chad (1976–1979)
  • Kingman Brewster Jr. (1919–1988)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1977–1981)
  • *Robert Charles Brewster (1921–2010)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1973–1976)
    • Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1979–1981)
  • *John Richard Burke (1924–1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guyana (1977–1979)
  • *Patricia Mary Byrne (1925–2007)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mali (1976–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (1979–1983)
  • *William Beverly Carter Jr. (1921–1982)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tanzania (1972–1975)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liberia (1976–1979)
    • Ambassador at Large (1979–1981)
  • William Hodding Carter III (1935–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (1977–1980)
  • Raul Hector Castro (1916–2015)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1964–1968)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1968–1969)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1977–1980)
  • Anne Cox Chambers (1919–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1977–1981)
  • *Frederic Lincoln Chapin (1929–1989)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ethiopia (1978–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1981–1984)
  • *Irving Gottlieb Cheslaw (1921–2013)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Trinidad and Tobago (1979–1981)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Jamaica ()
  • Warren Minor Christopher (1925–2011)
    • Deputy Secretary of State (1977–1981)
    • Secretary of State ad interim (1980)
    • Secretary of State ad interim (1980)
    • Secretary of State (1993–1997)
  • *Joan Margaret Clark (1922–)
    • Director of the Office of Management Policy (1977–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malta (1979–1981)
    • Director General of the Foreign Service (1981–1983)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs (1983–1989)
  • Dick Clarence Clark (1929–)
    • Ambassador at Large (1979)
  • *John Rufus Clingerman (1931–2004)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lesotho (1979–1981)
  • *Herman Jay Cohen (1932–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Gambia (1977–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (1977–1980)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1989–1993)
    • Career Ambassador (1992)
  • *John Peter Condon (1920–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Fiji (1978–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tonga (1979–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tuvalu (1979–1980)
  • *Michael M. Conlin (1928–)
    • Director of the Office of Management Policy (1979–1980)
  • *Goodwin Cooke (1931–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Central African Republic (1978–1980)
  • Richard Newell Cooper (1934–)
    • Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment (1977–1981)
    • Secretary of State ad interim (1980)
  • *Thomas James Corcoran (1920–1994)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burundi (1978–1980)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Laos (1978)
  • *Trusten Frank Crigler (1935–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Rwanda (1976–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia (1987–1990)
  • *Oliver Sexsmith Crosby (1920–2014)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea (1977–1980)
  • Kenneth Merwin Curtis (1931–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Canada (1979–1981)
  • *Walter Leon Cutler (1931–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1975–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iran (1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tunisia (1981–1984)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1984–1987)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1988–1989)
  • *Horace Greeley Dawson Jr. (1926–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Botswana (1979–1982)
  • *Willard Ames De Pree (1928–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mozambique (1976–1980)
    • Director of the Office of Management Policy (1983–1987)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bangladesh (1987–1990)
  • *John Gunther Dean (1926–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cambodia (1974–1975)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1975–1978)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1978–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1981–1985)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1985–1988)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Mali ()
  • Patricia Murphy Derian (1929–2016)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (1977–1981)
  • *Frank James Devine (1922–2012)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1977–1980)
  • *Francois Moussiegt Dickman (1924–2015)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Arab Emirates (1976–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kuwait (1979–1983)
  • Edith Huntington Jones Dobelle (1944–)
    • Chief of Protocol (1978–1979)
  • John Edward Downs (1917–)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (Montreal) (1977–1982)
  • *Adolph Dubs (1920–1979)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Russia (1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Afghanistan (1978–1979)
  • Angier Biddle Duke (1915–1995)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1952–1953)
    • Chief of Protocol (1961–1965)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1965–1968)
    • Chief of Protocol (1968)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1968–1969)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1979–1981)
  • *Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger (1930–2011)
    • Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (1975–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1977–1981)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1981–1982)
    • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1982–1984)
    • Career Ambassador (1984)
    • Deputy Secretary of State (1989–1992)
    • Secretary of State ad interim (1992)
    • Secretary of State (1992–1993)
  • *Donald Boyd Easum (1923–2016)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burkina Faso (1971–1974)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1974–1975)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria (1975–1979)
  • *William Brockway Edmondson (1927–2013)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1978–1981)
  • *Hermann Frederick Eilts (1922–2006)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1965–1970)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bangladesh (1972)
    • Principal Officer, Egypt (1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1974–1979)
  • *Thomas Ostrom Enders (1931–1996)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (1974–1975)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Canada (1975–1979)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1979–1981)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1981–1983)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1983–1986)
  • *Richard August Ericson Jr. (1923–2005)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iceland (1978–1981)
  • K. Mathea Falco (1944–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (1979–1981)
  • Harvey J. Feldman (1931–2009)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Papua New Guinea (1979–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Solomon Islands (1979–1981)
  • *Richard Kenneth Fox Jr. (1925–2017)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Trinidad and Tobago (1977–1979)
  • *Samuel Rhea Gammon III (1924–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritius (1978–1980)
  • Richard Newton Gardner (1927–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1977–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1993–1997)
  • *Raymond Leonard Garthoff (1929–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1977–1979)
  • Leslie Howard Gelb (1937–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs (1977–1979)
  • John Joyce Gilligan (1921–2013)
    • Administrator of the Agency for International Development (1977–1979)
  • *William Henry Gleysteen Jr. (1926–2002)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (1978–1981)
  • Robert Francis Goheen (1919–2008)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1977–1980)
  • *Raymond Emmanuel Gonzalez (1924–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1978–1982)
  • *David Crane Halsted (1941–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chad (1996–1999)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Uganda ()
  • Herbert J. Hansell (1925–2015)
    • Legal Adviser (1977–1979)
  • *Arthur Adair Hartman (1926–2015)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1973–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1977–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1981–1987)
    • Career Ambassador (1984)
  • Ulric St. Clair Haynes Jr. (1931–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Algeria (1977–1981)
  • *Louis Douglas Heck (1918–1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Niger (1974–1976)
    • Director of the Bureau of Counterterrorism (1976–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nepal (1977–1980)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Cyprus ()
  • *Gerald B. Helman (1932–)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations (Geneva) (1979–1981)
  • *Deane Roesch Hinton (1923–2017)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1974–1975)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1976–1979)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (1979–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1981–1983)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1983–1986)
    • Career Ambassador (1987)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1987–1990)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Panama (1990–1994)
  • Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (1941–2010)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1977–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1993–1994)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1994–1996)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1999–2001)
  • Anne Forrester Holloway (1941–2006)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mali (1979–1981)
  • *Harold Eugene Horan (1927–2008)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malawi (1978–1980)
  • *Arthur William Hummel Jr. (1920–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (1968–1971)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ethiopia (1975–1976)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1976–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1977–1981)
    • Career Ambassador (1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (1981–1985)
  • Charles A. James (1922–2006)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Niger (1976–1979)
  • Mari-Luci Jaramillo (1928–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1977–1980)
  • *Marilyn Priscilla Johnson (1922–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo (1978–1981)
  • *William Bowdoin Jones (1928–)
    • U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (1973–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1977–1980)
  • Geri M. Joseph (1923–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1978–1981)
  • Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritania (1961–1964)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (1961–1964)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Hungary (1977–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1980–1981)
  • Julius Louis Katz (1925–2000)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (1976–1979)
  • Rodney O’Gliasain Kennedy-Minott (1928–2004)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1977–1980)
  • *Andrew Ivy Killgore (1919–2016)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Qatar (1977–1980)
  • Richard Francis Kneip (1933–1987)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Singapore (1978–1980)
  • Robert C. Krueger (1935–)
    • Ambassador at Large (1979–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burundi (1994–1995)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Botswana (1996–1999)
  • *Elmer Gregory Kryza (1922–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritania (1977–1980)
  • *Lowell Bruce Laingen (1922–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malta (1976–1979)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Iran (1980)
  • William Anthony Kirsopp Lake (1939–)
    • Director of Policy Planning (1977–1981)
  • *George Walter Landau (1920–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1972–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1977–1982)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1982–1985)
  • *George M. Lane (1928–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Yemen (1978–1981)
  • *Lyle Franklin Lane (1926–2013)
    • Principal Officer, Cuba (1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1979–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1980–1982)
  • *Loren E. Lawrence (1926–1992)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jamaica (1979–1982)
  • *John Charles Leary (1924–2002)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Vienna) (1977–1980)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Grenada (1988)
  • Wilbert John LeMelle (1931–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kenya (1977–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Seychelles (1977–1980)
  • Louis Abraham Lerner (1935–1984)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Norway (1977–1980)
  • *Samuel Winfield Lewis (1930–2014)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1975–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel (1977–1985)
    • Director of Policy Planning (1993–1994)
  • *John Andrew Linehan Jr. (1924–2005)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sierra Leone (1977–1980)
  • *Stephen Low (1927–2010)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zambia (1976–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria (1979–1981)
    • Director of the Foreign Service Institute (1982–1987)
  • *James Gordon Lowenstein (1927–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1977–1981)
  • Patrick Joseph Lucey (1918–2014)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1977–1979)
  • *William Henry Luers (1929–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1978–1982)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1983–1986)
  • *Frank Eusebio Maestrone (1922–2007)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kuwait (1976–1979)
  • Michael Joseph Mansfield (1903–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1977–1988)
  • Warren Demian Manshel (1924–1990)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1978–1981)
  • *Edward Marks (1934–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cape Verde (1977–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea-Bissau (1977–1980)
  • Anne Clark Martindell (1914–2008)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, New Zealand (1979–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Samoa (1979–1981)
  • *Edward E. Masters (1924–2014)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bangladesh (1976–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (1977–1981)
  • *Richard Cavins Matheron (1927–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Swaziland (1979–1982)
  • Charles William Maynes (1938–2007)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1977–1980)
  • *Robert James McCloskey (1922–1996)
    • Ambassador at Large (1973–1975)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cyprus (1973–1974)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1975–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1976–1978)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1978–1981)
  • Gale McGee (1915–1992)
    • Permanent Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization of American States (Washington) (1977–1981)
  • Donald F. McHenry (1936–)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1979–1981)
  • *Francis Joseph Meehan (1924–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1979–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (1980–1983)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, German Democratic Republic (1985–1988)
  • *Harry Roberts Melone Jr. (1928–2009)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Rwanda (1979–1982)
  • *Robert Hopkins Miller (1927–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malaysia (1977–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Côte d’Ivoire (1983–1986)
  • Richard Menifee Moose (1932–2015)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1977–1981)
    • Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (1977)
    • Under Secretary of State for Management (1993–1996)
  • Ambler Holmes Moss Jr. (1937–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Panama (1978–1982)
  • *Edward William Mulcahy (1921–2006)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chad (1972–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tunisia (1976–1979)
  • *Richard William Murphy (1929–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritania (1971–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Syria (1974–1978)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (1978–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1981–1983)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1983–1989)
    • Career Ambassador (1985)
  • Barbara Warne Newell (1929–)
    • U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (1979–1981)
  • *David Dunlap Newsom (1918–2008)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Libya (1965–1969)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1969–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (1973–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (1977–1978)
    • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1978–1981)
    • Secretary of State ad interim (1980)
    • Secretary of State ad interim (1980)
    • Secretary of State ad interim (1981)
  • Matthew Nimetz (1939–)
    • Counselor (1977–1980)
    • Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (1980)
  • *Donald Richard Norland (1924–2007)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Botswana (1976–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lesotho (1976–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Swaziland (1976–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chad (1979–1980)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Burkina Faso (Presented credentials as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim on August 4, 1960, to take effect on August 5, 1960.)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Côte d’Ivoire ()
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Niger (Presented credentials as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim on August 2, 1960, to take effect on August 3, 1960.)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Benin (Presented credentials as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim on July 31, 1960, to take effect on August 1, 1960.)
  • *Robert Bigger Oakley (1931–2014)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1979–1982)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia (1982–1984)
    • Director of the Bureau of Counterterrorism (1984–1986)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1988–1991)
  • *Mary Seymour Olmsted (1919–2018)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Papua New Guinea (1975–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Solomon Islands (1978–1979)
  • *Francis Vincent Ortiz Jr. (1926–2005)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Grenada (1977–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Barbados (1977–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1979–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1981–1983)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1983–1986)
  • *Nancy Ostrander (1925–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Suriname (1978–1980)
  • *Henry David Owen (1920–2011)
    • Director of Policy Planning (1966–1969)
    • Ambassador at Large (1978–1981)
  • Roberts Bishop Owen (1926–2016)
    • Legal Adviser (1979–1981)
  • Victor Henry Palmieri (1930–)
    • Ambassador at Large (1979–1981)
  • *Richard Bordeaux Parker (1923–2011)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Algeria (1974–1977)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Algeria (1975)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1977–1978)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1978–1979)
  • *Robert Halsey Pelletreau Jr. (1935–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bahrain (1979–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tunisia (1987–1991)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1991–1993)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1994–1997)
  • *Jack Richard Perry (1930–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1979–1981)
  • *Donald K. Petterson (1930–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia (1978–1982)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tanzania (1986–1989)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sudan (1992–1995)
  • *Lawrence A. Pezzulo (1926–2017)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1977–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1979–1981)
  • *Thomas Reeve Pickering (1931–)
    • Executive Secretary (1973–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1974–1978)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (1978–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria (1981–1983)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1983–1985)
    • Career Ambassador (1984)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel (1985–1988)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1989–1992)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1992–1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1993–1996)
    • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1997–2000)
  • *Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton (1934–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Central African Republic (1976–1978)
    • Director of the Bureau of Counterterrorism (1978–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1982–1984)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kuwait (1984–1987)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1989–1992)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security (1992–1995)
    • Director General of the Foreign Service (1995–1997)
  • Sidney Anders Rand (1916–2003)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Norway (1979–1981)
  • *Nancy Vivian Rawls (1926–1985)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo (1974–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Côte d’Ivoire (1979–1983)
  • Benjamin Huger Read (1925–1993)
    • Executive Secretary (1963–1969)
    • Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (1977–1978)
    • Under Secretary of State for Management (1978–1981)
  • *John Edward Reinhardt (1920–2016)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria (1971–1975)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (1975–1977)
    • Director of the U.S. Information Agency (1977–1978)
    • Director of the U.S. Information Agency (1978–1980)
  • Elliot Lee Richardson (1920–1999)
    • Under Secretary of State (1969–1970)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1975–1976)
    • Ambassador at Large (1977–1980)
  • *Rozanne Lejeanne Ridgway (1935–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Finland (1977–1980)
    • Counselor (1980–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, German Democratic Republic (1982–1985)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1985–1989)
  • *George B. Roberts Jr. (1930–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guyana (1979–1981)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Laos (1979)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Kyrgyzstan (1994)
  • Herbert Salzman (1916–1990)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris) (1977–1981)
  • *Harold Henry Saunders (1930–2016)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (1975–1978)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1978–1981)
  • *Robert Marion Sayre (1924–2016)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1968–1969)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Panama (1969–1974)
    • Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1975–1978)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1978–1981)
    • Director of the Bureau of Counterterrorism (1982–1984)
  • *William Everett Schaufele Jr. (1923–2008)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burkina Faso (1969–1971)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1975–1977)
    • Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1975)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (1978–1980)
  • *David Taylor Schneider (1922–2014)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bangladesh (1978–1981)
  • William B. Schwartz Jr. (1921–2010)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Bahamas (1977–1981)
  • *Talcott Williams Seelye (1922–2006)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tunisia (1972–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Syria (1978–1981)
  • George Marion Seignious II (1921–2005)
    • Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1978–1980)
  • Armistead Inge Selden Jr. (1921–1985)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Fiji (1974–1978)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, New Zealand (1974–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Samoa (1974–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tonga (1974–1979)
  • William Vincent Shannon (1927–1988)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ireland (1977–1981)
  • Sally Angela Shelton (1944–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominica (1979–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Grenada (1979–1981)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Saint Lucia (1979–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Barbados (1979–1981)
  • *Harry Walter Shlaudeman (1926–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1975–1976)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1976–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1977–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1980–1983)
    • Ambassador at Large (1984–1986)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1986–1989)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1990–1992)
  • Gerard Coad Smith (1914–1994)
    • Director of Policy Planning (1957–1961)
    • Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1969–1973)
    • Ambassador at Large (1977–1980)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna) (1977–1980)
  • *Robert Powell Smith (1929–2012)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malta (1974–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ghana (1976–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liberia (1979–1981)
  • *Thomas William Macauley Smith (1930–1987)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ghana (1979–1983)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria (1984–1986)
  • Mabel Murphy Smythe (1918–2006)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cameroon (1977–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Equatorial Guinea (1979–1980)
  • Mauricio Solaun (1935–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1977–1979)
  • *James William Spain (1926–2008)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tanzania (1975–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1980–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Maldives (1985–1989)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1985–1989)
  • *Ronald Ian Spiers (1925–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs (1969–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Bahamas (1973–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1977–1980)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (1980–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1981–1983)
    • Under Secretary of State for Management (1983–1989)
    • Career Ambassador (1984)
  • George Stoney Springsteen Jr. (1923–1993)
    • Executive Secretary (1974–1976)
    • Director of the Foreign Service Institute (1976–1980)
  • *Monteagle Stearns (1924–2016)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Côte d’Ivoire (1976–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1981–1985)
  • *Walter John Stoessel Jr. (1920–1986)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (1968–1972)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1972–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1973–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1976–1981)
    • Career Ambassador (1981)
    • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1981–1982)
    • Deputy Secretary of State (1982)
    • Secretary of State ad interim (1982)
  • *Galen Luther Stone (1921–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Laos (1975)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cyprus (1978–1981)
  • Robert Schwarz Strauss (1918–2014)
    • U.S. Trade Representative (1977–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1991–1992)
  • *William Healy Sullivan (1922–2013)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Laos (1964–1969)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (1973–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iran (1977–1979)
  • *William Lacy Swing (1934–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Brazzaville) (1979–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liberia (1981–1985)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1989–1992)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria (1992–1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1993–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1998–2001)
  • *Peter Tarnoff (1937–)
    • Executive Secretary (1977–1981)
    • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1993–1997)
  • *John Morgan Thomas (1926–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Administration (1973–1979)
  • *Arthur T. Tienken (1922–2006)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Gabon (1978–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sao Tome and Principe (1978–1981)
  • *Terence Alphonso Todman (1926–2014)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chad (1969–1972)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea (1972–1975)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1974–1977)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1977–1978)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1978–1983)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1983–1989)
    • Career Ambassador (1989)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1989–1993)
  • *Malcolm Toon (1916–2009)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1969–1971)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1971–1975)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel (1975–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1976–1979)
  • Esteban Edward Torres (1930–)
    • U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (1978–1979)
  • *Donald R. Toussaint (1927–1986)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Maldives (1979–1982)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1979–1982)
  • *Thomas M. Tracy (1936–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Administration (1979–1983)
  • *Leonard Seidman Unger (1917–2010)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Laos (1962–1964)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1967–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (1974–1979)
  • *Viron Peter Vaky (1925–2012)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1972–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1973–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1976–1978)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1978–1979)
  • Abelardo Lopez Valdez (1942–)
    • Chief of Protocol (1979–1981)
  • Cyrus Roberts Vance (1917–2002)
    • Secretary of State (1977–1980)
  • William J. Vanden Heuvel (1935–)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations (Geneva) (1979)
  • *Nicholas Alexander Veliotes (1928–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1978–1981)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1981–1983)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1983–1986)
  • *George Southall Vest (1918–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs (1974–1977)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1977–1981)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1981–1985)
    • Director General of the Foreign Service (1985–1989)
    • Career Ambassador (1987)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (Nomination withdrawn on May 5, 1977.)
  • *Richard Noyes Viets (1930–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tanzania (1979–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1981–1984)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal (Nomination of September 15, 1987, was not acted upon by the Senate.)
  • *Richard David Vine (1925–2008)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1979–1981)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Affairs (1982)
  • Robert Ferdinand Wagner Jr. (1910–1991)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1968–1969)
    • Personal Representative of the President, Holy See (1981)
  • Marvin Leon Warner (1919–2002)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1977–1979)
  • Barbara Mae Watson (1918–1983)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs (1968–1974)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs (1977–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malaysia (1980–1981)
  • Thomas J. Watson Jr. (1914–1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1979–1981)
  • Marvin Weissman (1927–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1977–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1980)
  • John Carl West (1922–2004)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1977–1981)
  • *Robert Edward White (1926–2015)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1977–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1980–1981)
  • *Marshall Wayne Wiley (1925–1998)
    • Principal Officer, Iraq (1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Oman (1978–1981)
  • *Frank G. Wisner II (1938–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zambia (1979–1982)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1986–1991)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (1991–1992)
    • Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (1992–1993)
    • Secretary of State ad interim (1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1994–1997)
    • Career Ambassador (1995)
  • Milton Albert Wolf (1924–2005)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1977–1980)
  • *William Down Wolle (1928–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Oman (1974–1978)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Arab Emirates (1979–1981)
  • Leonard F. Woodcock (1911–2001)
    • Chief, China (1977–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (1979–1981)
  • William Howard Wriggins (1918–2008)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1977–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Maldives (1978–1979)
  • *Robert Lloyd Yost (1922–1990)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burundi (1972–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1978–1982)
  • Andrew Jackson Young (1932–)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1977–1979)