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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1974

Note: Career Foreign Service appointees are asterisked.

  • Edwin Ross Adair (1907–1983)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ethiopia (1971–1974)
  • *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)
  • *James Elmer Akins (1926–2010)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1973–1975)
  • *Robert Anderson (1922–1996)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Benin (1972–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1976–1978)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1982–1985)
  • Walter H. Annenberg (1908–2002)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1969–1974)
  • Willis Coburn Armstrong (1912–1998)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (1972–1974)
  • *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)
  • *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)
  • *Taylor Garrison Belcher (1920–1990)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cyprus (1964–1969)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1969–1974)
  • Shirley Jane Temple Black (1928–2014)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ghana (1974–1976)
    • Chief of Protocol (1976–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1989–1992)
  • *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)
  • *William Dodd Brewer (1922–2009)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritius (1970–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sudan (1973–1977)
  • *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)
  • Theodore Roosevelt Britton Jr. (1925–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Barbados (1974–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Grenada (1974–1977)
  • *Lewis Dean Brown (1920–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Gambia (1967–1970)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (1967–1970)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1970–1973)
    • Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (1973–1975)
  • David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1949–1952)
    • Under Secretary of State (1952–1953)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1957–1959)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1961–1969)
    • Chief, China (1973–1974)
    • U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1974–1976)
  • *William Burnside Buffum (1921–2012)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1970–1974)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1973–1975)
  • Ellsworth Bunker (1894–1984)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1951–1952)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1952–1953)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1956–1961)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nepal (1956–1959)
    • Permanent Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization of American States (Washington) (1964–1966)
    • Ambassador at Large (1966–1967)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Vietnam (1967–1973)
    • Ambassador at Large (1973–1978)
  • *William Carter Burdett Jr. (1918–1995)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malawi (1970–1974)
  • George Herbert Walker Bush (1924–2018)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1971–1973)
    • Chief, China (1974–1975)
  • *Thomas Ryan Byrne (1923–2014)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Norway (1973–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1976–1978)
  • *Henry Alfred Byroade (1913–1993)
    • Director of the Bureau of German Affairs (1950–1952)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1952–1955)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1955–1956)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1956–1959)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Afghanistan (1959–1962)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (1963–1968)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (1969–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1973–1977)
  • James Fromhart Campbell (1912–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1974–1976)
  • *William Ira Cargo (1917–2005)
    • Director of Policy Planning (1969–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nepal (1973–1976)
  • *Frank Charles Carlucci III (1930–2018)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1974–1978)
  • *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 Joseph Casey (1913–1987)
    • Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment (1973–1974)
  • Henry Edward Catto Jr. (1930–2011)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1971–1973)
    • Chief of Protocol (1974–1976)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations (Geneva) (1976–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1989–1991)
    • Director of the U.S. Information Agency (1991–1993)
  • John P. Constandy (1924–)
    • Deputy Inspector General of Foreign Assistance (1974–1976)
  • John Sherman Cooper (1901–1991)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1955–1956)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nepal (1955–1956)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, German Democratic Republic (1974–1976)
  • *William Rex Crawford Jr. (1928–2002)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Yemen (1972–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cyprus (1974–1978)
  • *John Hugh Crimmins (1919–2007)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1966–1969)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1973–1978)
  • *Edwin Monroe Cronk (1918–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Singapore (1972–1975)
  • Philip Kingsland Crowe (1908–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1953–1956)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1959–1961)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Norway (1969–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1973–1975)
  • Francis Lykins Dale (1921–1993)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations (Geneva) (1973–1976)
  • *William Norris Dale (1919–2014)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Central African Republic (1973–1975)
  • *Richard Townsend Davies (1920–2005)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (1972–1978)
  • *Rodger Paul Davies (1921–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cyprus (1974)
  • *Nathaniel Davis (1925–2011)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1965–1966)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1968–1971)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1971–1973)
    • Director General of the Foreign Service (1973–1975)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1975)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1975–1977)
  • Shelby Cullom Davis (1909–1994)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1969–1975)
  • *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 ()
  • *Robert William Dean (1920–2014)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1974–1977)
  • *Dwight Dickinson III (1916–1997)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo (1970–1974)
  • Betty Rose (Crites) Dillon (1923–)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (Montreal) (1971–1977)
  • William Henry Donaldson (1931–)
    • Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (1973–1974)
  • *Eileen Roberta Donovan (1915–1996)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Barbados (1969–1974)
  • *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 Denman Eberle (1923–2008)
    • U.S. Trade Representative (1971–1974)
  • *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)
  • *Theodore Lyman Eliot Jr. (1928–)
    • Executive Secretary (1969–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Afghanistan (1973–1978)
    • Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1978)
  • *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)
  • *James Bruce Engle (1919–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Benin (1974–1976)
  • Ruby Ruth Lewis Farkas (1906–1996)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1973–1976)
  • Leonard Kimball Firestone (1907–1996)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1974–1977)
  • *Robert Eugene Fritts (1934–2015)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Rwanda (1974–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ghana (1983–1986)
  • *Francis Joseph Galbraith (1913–1986)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Singapore (1966–1969)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (1969–1974)
  • Sumner Gerard (1916–2005)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jamaica (1974–1977)
  • *John Ives Getz (1917–2003)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malta (1972–1974)
  • *George McMurtrie Godley II (1917–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1964–1966)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Laos (1969–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1974–1976)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
  • Kingdon Gould Jr. (1924–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1969–1972)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1973–1976)
  • *Pierre Robert Graham (1922–1988)
    • U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (1969–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burkina Faso (1974–1978)
  • *Marshall Green (1916–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (1965–1969)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1969–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Australia (1973–1975)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nauru (1974–1975)
  • *Joseph Adolph Greenwald (1918–2000)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris) (1969–1972)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1972–1976)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (1976)
  • *Brandon Hambright Grove Jr. (1929–2016)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1984–1987)
    • Director of the Foreign Service Institute (1988–1992)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, German Democratic Republic ()
  • *Philip Charles Habib (1920–1992)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (1971–1974)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1974–1976)
    • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1976–1978)
    • Secretary of State ad interim (1977)
  • *Fred Latimer Hadsel (1916–2010)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia (1969–1971)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ghana (1971–1974)
  • *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)
  • *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 ()
  • Richard McGarrah Helms (1913–2002)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iran (1973–1976)
  • *Martin Florian Herz (1917–1983)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1974–1977)
  • Robert Charles Hill (1917–1978)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1953–1954)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1954–1955)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1956–1957)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1957–1960)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1969–1972)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1973–1977)
  • *Martin Joseph Anthony Hillenbrand (1915–2005)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Hungary (1967–1969)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1969–1972)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1972–1976)
  • *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)
  • James Day Hodgson (1915–2012)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1974–1977)
  • Abner Linwood Holton (1923–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1974–1975)
  • John Portner Humes (1921–1985)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1969–1975)
  • John Gavin Hurd (1914–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1970–1975)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
  • *Robert A. Hurwitch (1920–1997)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1973–1978)
  • William G. Hyland (1929–2008)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (1974–1975)
  • Fred Charles Iklé (1924–2011)
    • Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1973–1977)
  • Robert Stephen Ingersoll (1914–2010)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1972–1973)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1973–1974)
    • Deputy Secretary of State (1974–1976)
  • *Frederick Irving (1921–2016)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iceland (1972–1976)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (1976–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jamaica (1977–1978)
  • John Nichol Irwin II (1913–2000)
    • Under Secretary of State (1970–1972)
    • Deputy Secretary of State (1972–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1973–1974)
  • *Heyward Isham (1926–2009)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1973–1977)
    • Director of the Bureau of Counterterrorism (1977–1978)
  • *Ural Alexis Johnson (1908–1997)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1953–1957)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1958–1961)
    • Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1961–1964)
    • Career Ambassador (1964)
    • Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1965–1966)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1966–1969)
    • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1969–1973)
    • Ambassador at Large (1973–1977)
  • *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)
  • William John Jorden (1923–2009)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Panama (1974–1978)
  • *Joseph John Jova (1916–1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1965–1969)
    • Permanent Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization of American States (Washington) (1969–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1973–1977)
  • Kenneth Barnard Keating (1900–1975)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1969–1972)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel (1973–1975)
  • James Keogh (1916–2006)
    • Director of the U.S. Information Agency (1973–1976)
  • *Spencer Mathews King (1917–1988)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guyana (1969–1974)
  • William Roscoe Kintner (1915–1997)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1973–1975)
  • *Roger Kirk (1930–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia (1973–1975)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Vienna) (1980–1983)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Romania (1985–1989)
  • Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger (1923–2023)
    • Secretary of State (1973–1977)
  • *Max Vance Krebs (1916–2006)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guyana (1974–1976)
  • Victor John Krehbiel (1905–1997)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Finland (1973–1975)
  • *Jack Bloom Kubisch (1921–2007)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1973–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1974–1977)
  • *Caroline Clendening Laise (1917–1991)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nepal (1966–1973)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (1973–1975)
    • Director General of the Foreign Service (1975–1977)
  • *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)
  • Monroe Leigh (1919–2001)
    • Legal Adviser (1974–1977)
  • *Edward Southard Little (1918–2004)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chad (1974–1976)
  • Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902–1985)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1953–1960)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Vietnam (1963–1964)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Vietnam (1965–1967)
    • Ambassador at Large (1967–1968)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1968–1969)
    • Personal Representative of the President, Holy See (1977)
  • *Winston Lord (1937–)
    • Director of Policy Planning (1973–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (1985–1989)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1993–1997)
  • William Butts Macomber Jr. (1921–2003)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1957–1961)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1961–1963)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1967–1969)
    • Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (1969–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1973–1977)
  • William Somers Mailliard (1917–1992)
    • Permanent Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization of American States (Washington) (1974–1977)
  • *Melvin Lawrence Manfull (1919–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Central African Republic (1970–1972)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liberia (1972–1975)
  • *Philip Wallace Manhard (1921–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritius (1974–1976)
  • *David Everett Mark (1923–2005)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burundi (1974–1977)
  • Anthony Dryden Marshall (1924–2014)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Madagascar (1969–1971)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Trinidad and Tobago (1972–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kenya (1973–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Seychelles (1976–1977)
  • *Graham Anderson Martin (1912–1990)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations (Geneva) (1960–1962)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1963–1967)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1969–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Vietnam (1973–1975)
  • Carlyle Edward Maw (1903–1987)
    • Legal Adviser (1973–1974)
    • Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (1974–1976)
  • *Robert Henry McBride (1918–1983)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1967–1969)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1969–1974)
  • *Robert Mills McClintock (1909–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cambodia (1954–1956)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1957–1961)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1962–1964)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1970–1975)
  • *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)
  • *Walter Patrick McConaughy Jr. (1908–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (1957–1959)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (1959–1961)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1961)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1962–1966)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (1966–1974)
  • *Thomas Watkins McElhiney (1919–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ghana (1968–1971)
    • Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1971–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ethiopia (1974)
  • *Ralph Jack McGuire (1920–1996)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mali (1973–1976)
  • *John Alexander McKesson III (1922–2002)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Gabon (1970–1975)
  • *Francis Edward Meloy Jr. (1917–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1969–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1973–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1976)
  • *Joseph Abraham Mendenhall (1920–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Madagascar (1972–1975)
  • Lloyd Ivan Miller Jr. (1924–1990)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Trinidad and Tobago (1973–1975)
  • *Charles Robert Moore (1915–1992)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mali (1965–1968)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cameroon (1972–1975)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Equatorial Guinea (1972–1975)
  • John Denis Joseph Moore (1910–1988)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ireland (1969–1975)
  • Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927–2003)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1973–1975)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1975–1976)
  • *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)
  • Charles Joseph Nelson (1920–2011)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Botswana (1971–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lesotho (1971–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Swaziland (1971–1974)
  • Robert Gerhard Neumann (1916–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Afghanistan (1966–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1973–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (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)
  • *Clinton Louis Olson (1916–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sierra Leone (1972–1974)
  • *David Lawrence Osborn (1921–1994)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (1974–1977)
  • *Robert Peter Paganelli (1931–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Qatar (1974–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Syria (1981–1984)
  • Daniel Parker (1925–1992)
    • Administrator of the Agency for International Development (1973–1977)
  • *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)
  • *Richard Foote Pedersen (1925–)
    • Counselor (1969–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Hungary (1973–1975)
  • *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)
  • *David Henry Popper (1912–2008)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cyprus (1969–1973)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1973–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1973–1977)
  • *William James Porter (1914–1988)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Algeria (1962–1965)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (1967–1971)
    • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1973–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Canada (1974–1975)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1975–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
  • *Nancy Vivian Rawls (1926–1985)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo (1974–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Côte d’Ivoire (1979–1983)
  • *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)
  • John Richardson Jr. (1921–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (1969–1977)
  • Horacio Rivero Jr. (1910–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1972–1974)
  • Charles Wesley Robinson (1919–)
    • Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment (1974–1976)
    • Deputy Secretary of State (1976–1977)
  • William Dill Rogers (1927–2007)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1974–1976)
    • Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment (1976)
  • *John Frick Root (1918–1988)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Côte d’Ivoire (1969–1974)
  • Donald Henry Rumsfeld (1932–)
    • U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1973–1974)
  • Kenneth Rush (1910–1994)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1969–1972)
    • Deputy Secretary of State (1973–1974)
    • Secretary of State ad interim (1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1974–1977)
  • Michael Anthony Samuels (1939–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sierra Leone (1974–1977)
  • Phillip Victor Sanchez (1929–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1973–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1976–1977)
  • *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)
  • John Alfred Scali (1918–1995)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1973–1975)
  • Adolph William Schmidt (1904–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Canada (1969–1974)
  • *Thomas James Scotes (1932–)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Syria (1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Yemen (1974–1978)
  • Stuart Nash Scott (1906–1991)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1973–1975)
  • *Talcott Williams Seelye (1922–2006)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tunisia (1972–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Syria (1978–1981)
  • 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)
  • *Turner Blair Shelton (1915–1982)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1970–1975)
  • *Albert William Sherer Jr. (1916–1986)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo (1967–1970)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Equatorial Guinea (1968–1969)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea (1970–1971)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1972–1975)
  • *Ernest Victor Siracusa (1918–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1969–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1973–1977)
  • *Joseph John Sisco (1919–2004)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1965–1969)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1969–1974)
    • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1974–1976)
  • *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)
  • Robert Solwin Smith (1924–2013)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Côte d’Ivoire (1974–1976)
  • Marion Hartzog Smoak (1916–)
    • Chief of Protocol (1974)
  • *Richard Lee Sneider (1922–1986)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (1974–1978)
  • Howard E. Sollenberger (1917–1999)
    • Director of the Foreign Service Institute (1971–1976)
  • *Helmut Sonnenfeldt (1926–2012)
    • Counselor (1973–1977)
  • *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)
  • *William Perry Stedman Jr. (1923–2018)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1973–1977)
  • *Michael Edmund Sterner (1928–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Arab Emirates (1974–1976)
  • *Robert Ayer Stevenson (1918–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malawi (1974–1978)
  • *William John Stibravy (1916–2013)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Vienna) (1968–1977)
  • *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)
  • *William A. Stoltzfus Jr. (1924–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bahrain (1971–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kuwait (1971–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Qatar (1971–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Oman (1972–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Arab Emirates (1972–1974)
  • Robert Strausz-Hupé (1903–2002)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Maldives (1970–1971)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1970–1971)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1972–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1974–1976)
    • U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1976–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1981–1989)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
  • *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)
  • *James S. Sutterlin (1922–)
    • Director of Policy Planning (1973)
    • Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1973–1974)
  • Gerald Frederick Tape (1915–2005)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna) (1973–1977)
  • *Henry Joseph Tasca (1912–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1965–1969)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1969–1974)
  • *John Morgan Thomas (1926–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Administration (1973–1979)
  • Webster B. Todd Jr. (1938–)
    • Inspector General of Foreign Assistance (1974–1976)
  • *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)
  • William Cochrane Turner (1929–2010)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris) (1974–1977)
  • *Joseph Wright Twinam (1934–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bahrain (1974–1976)
  • *Francis Trelease Underhill Jr. (1921–1999)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malaysia (1973–1977)
  • *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)
  • *Christopher Van Hollen (1922–2013)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Maldives (1972–1976)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1972–1976)
  • *Sheldon Baird Vance (1917–1995)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chad (1967–1969)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1969–1974)
  • *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.)
  • John Anthony Volpe (1908–1994)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1973–1977)
  • Leonard Frederick Walentynowicz (1932–2005)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs (1974–1977)
  • 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)
  • Seymour Weiss (1925–1992)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs (1973–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Bahamas (1974–1976)
  • *Charles Sheldon Whitehouse (1926–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Laos (1973–1975)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1975–1978)
  • *Jean Mary Wilkowski (1919–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zambia (1972–1976)
  • *William Down Wolle (1928–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Oman (1974–1978)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Arab Emirates (1979–1981)
  • *William Marshall Wright (1926–2013)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1973–1974)
  • *Robert Lloyd Yost (1922–1990)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burundi (1972–1974)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1978–1982)