James Lampton Berry - People - Department History
James Lampton Berry (1908–1980)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Mississippi
State of Residence: Mississippi
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Sri Lanka)
Appointed: October 10, 1958
Presentation of Credentials: November 22, 1958
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 3, 1959- Commissioned to Ceylon. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 29, 1959, after confirmation.