Richard Porter Butrick - People - Department History
Richard Porter Butrick (1894–1997)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: New York
State of Residence: New York
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Iceland)
Appointed: February 26, 1948
Presentation of Credentials: April 29, 1948
Termination of Mission: Left post on August 10, 1949 - Director General of the Foreign Service
Appointed: September 7, 1949
Termination of Appointment: April 1, 1952