Philip Henry Alston Jr. (1911–1988)

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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Georgia

Concurrent Appointments
1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Australia)
  Appointed: April 29, 1977
  Presentation of Credentials: May 23, 1977
  Termination of Mission: Left post on January 23, 1981
  - Also accredited to Nauru; resident at Canberra.
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Nauru)
  Appointed: May 17, 1979
  Presentation of Credentials: August 13, 1979
  Termination of Mission: Left Canberra January 23, 1981
  - Also accredited to Australia; resident at Canberra.