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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1976
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- *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)
- William Allison Anders (1933–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Norway (1976–1977)
- *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)
- Anne Legendre Armstrong (1927–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1976–1977)
- *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)
- Marcus Jacob (Mark Evans) Austad (1917–1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Finland (1975–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Norway (1981–1984)
- *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)
- Ralph Elihu Becker (1907–1994)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1976–1977)
- 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)
- *James Joseph Blake (1922–2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iceland (1976–1978)
- *Richard Joseph Bloomfield (1927–2011)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1976–1978)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1978–1982)
- *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)
- *C. Arthur Borg (1926–2004)
- Executive Secretary (1976–1977)
- *Davis Eugene Boster (1920–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bangladesh (1974–1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1976–1979)
- *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)
- *William G. Bradford (1925–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chad (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)
- 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)
- Wiley Thomas Buchanan Jr. (1914–1986)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1953–1956)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1956)
- Chief of Protocol (1957–1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1975–1977)
- 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)
- *Patricia Mary Byrne (1925–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mali (1976–1979)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (1979–1983)
- *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)
- 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)
- *Wat Tyler Cluverius IV (1934–2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bahrain (1976–1978)
- 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)
- *Trusten Frank Crigler (1935–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Rwanda (1976–1979)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia (1987–1990)
- *John Hugh Crimmins (1919–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1966–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1973–1978)
- Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Jr. (1922–2016)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ireland (1975–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1989–1993)
- *Brian Dean Curran (1948–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Guinea-Bissau (1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mozambique (1997–2000)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti (2000–2003)
- *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)
- Francis Lykins Dale (1921–1993)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations (Geneva) (1973–1976)
- *Richard Townsend Davies (1920–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (1972–1978)
- *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)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1975–1977)
- Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1975)
- *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 ()
- *Robert William Dean (1920–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1974–1977)
- Frederick Baily Dent (1922–)
- U.S. Trade Representative (1975–1977)
- *Francois Moussiegt Dickman (1924–2015)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Arab Emirates (1976–1979)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kuwait (1979–1983)
- Betty Rose (Crites) Dillon (1923–)
- Representative of the U.S.A. on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (Montreal) (1971–1977)
- *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 (1992–1993)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1992)
- *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)
- *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)
- Albert Bel Fay (1913–1992)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Trinidad and Tobago (1976–1977)
- 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)
- Thomas Sovereign Gates Jr. (1906–1983)
- Chief, China (1976–1977)
- Sumner Gerard (1916–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jamaica (1974–1977)
- Rosemary Lucas Ginn (1912–2003)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1976–1977)
- *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)
- *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)
- *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)
- *Holsey Gates Handyside (1927–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritania (1975–1977)
- James Ward Hargrove (1922–2004)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Australia (1976–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nauru (1976–1977)
- *William Caldwell Harrop (1929–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea (1975–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kenya (1980–1983)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Seychelles (1980–1983)
- Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1983–1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1987–1991)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel (1991–1993)
- *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)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1987–1990)
- Career Ambassador (1987)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Panama (1990–1994)
- James Day Hodgson (1915–2012)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1974–1977)
- *John Herbert Holdridge (1924–2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Singapore (1975–1978)
- Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1981–1982)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (1982–1986)
- *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)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (1981–1985)
- Career Ambassador (1981)
- *Robert A. Hurwitch (1920–1997)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1973–1978)
- 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)
- *Heyward Isham (1926–2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1973–1977)
- Director of the Bureau of Counterterrorism (1977–1978)
- Charles A. James (1922–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Niger (1976–1979)
- *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)
- Julius Louis Katz (1925–2000)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (1976–1979)
- *Robert Vossler Keeley (1929–2015)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Uganda (1973)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritius (1976–1978)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zimbabwe (1980–1984)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1985–1989)
- James Keogh (1916–2006)
- Director of the U.S. Information Agency (1973–1976)
- Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger (1923–2023)
- Secretary of State (1973–1977)
- *Max Vance Krebs (1916–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guyana (1974–1976)
- *Jack Bloom Kubisch (1921–2007)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1973–1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1974–1977)
- *Lowell Bruce Laingen (1922–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malta (1976–1979)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Iran (1980)
- *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)
- Thomas Vincent Learson (1912–1996)
- Ambassador at Large (1975–1977)
- Monroe Leigh (1919–2001)
- Legal Adviser (1974–1977)
- *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)
- *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)
- *John Lewis Loughran (1921–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia (1975–1978)
- *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)
- Ignacio E. Lozano Jr. (1927–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1976–1977)
- 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)
- *Frank Eusebio Maestrone (1922–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kuwait (1976–1979)
- William Somers Mailliard (1917–1992)
- Permanent Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization of American States (Washington) (1974–1977)
- *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)
- *Edward E. Masters (1924–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bangladesh (1976–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (1977–1981)
- Carlyle Edward Maw (1903–1987)
- Legal Adviser (1973–1974)
- Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (1974–1976)
- Marquita Moseley Maytag (1925–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nepal (1976–1977)
- *Eugene Vincent McAuliffe (1918–2000)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Hungary (1975–1976)
- *Robert James McCloskey (1922–1996)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cyprus (1973–1974)
- Ambassador at Large (1973–1975)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1975–1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1976–1978)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1978–1981)
- *Ralph Jack McGuire (1920–1996)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mali (1973–1976)
- *Clayton E. McManaway Jr. (1933–2010)
- Director of the Office of Management Policy (1976–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1983–1986)
- *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)
- 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)
- 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)
- *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, Côte d’Ivoire ()
- 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, Benin (Presented credentials as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim on July 31, 1960, to take effect on August 1, 1960.)
- 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.)
- *Mary Seymour Olmsted (1919–2018)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Papua New Guinea (1975–1979)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Solomon Islands (1978–1979)
- Jack B. Olson (1920–2003)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Bahamas (1976–1977)
- *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)
- *Ronald DeWayne Palmer (1932–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo (1976–1978)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malaysia (1981–1983)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritius (1986–1989)
- 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)
- *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)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1973–1977)
- Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1973–1974)
- *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.)
- *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)
- *Nancy Vivian Rawls (1926–1985)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo (1974–1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Côte d’Ivoire (1979–1983)
- John Hathaway Reed (1921–2012)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Maldives (1976–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1976–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Maldives (1981–1985)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1981–1985)
- *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)
- John Richardson Jr. (1921–)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (1969–1977)
- 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)
- 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)
- *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)
- William Bart Saxbe (1916–2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1975–1976)
- *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)
- Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1975)
- Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1975–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (1978–1980)
- *Thomas James Scotes (1932–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Syria (1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Yemen (1974–1978)
- William Warren Scranton (1917–2013)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1976–1977)
- *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, Tonga (1974–1979)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Samoa (1974–1979)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, New Zealand (1974–1979)
- John Arthur Shaw (1939–)
- Inspector General of Foreign Assistance (1976–1977)
- *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)
- Laurence Hirsch Silberman (1935–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1975–1976)
- *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)
- David Shiverick Smith (1918–2012)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1976–1977)
- *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)
- *Richard Lee Sneider (1922–1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (1974–1978)
- *Earl David Sohm (1918–1995)
- Director of the Office of Management Policy (1975–1976)
- Howard E. Sollenberger (1917–1999)
- Director of the Foreign Service Institute (1971–1976)
- *Helmut Sonnenfeldt (1926–2012)
- Counselor (1973–1977)
- *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)
- Herbert John Spiro (1924–2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Equatorial Guinea (1975–1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cameroon (1975–1977)
- George Stoney Springsteen Jr. (1923–1993)
- Executive Secretary (1974–1976)
- Director of the Foreign Service Institute (1976–1980)
- *Wells Stabler (1919–2009)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Jordan (1950)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1975–1978)
- *Monteagle Stearns (1924–2016)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Côte d’Ivoire (1976–1979)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1981–1985)
- *William Perry Stedman Jr. (1923–2018)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1973–1977)
- *Andrew Lee Steigman (1933–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Gabon (1975–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sao Tome and Principe (1975–1977)
- *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)
- Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1981–1982)
- Career Ambassador (1981)
- 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)
- Gerald Frederick Tape (1915–2005)
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna) (1973–1977)
- Joseph Z. Taylor (1927–)
- Deputy Inspector General of Foreign Assistance (1976–1977)
- James Daniel Theberge (1930–1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1975–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1982–1985)
- *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)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1989–1993)
- Career Ambassador (1989)
- *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)
- *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)
- Seymour Weiss (1925–1992)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs (1973–1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Bahamas (1974–1976)
- *Melissa Foelsch Wells (1932–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cape Verde (1976–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea-Bissau (1976–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mozambique (1987–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1991–1992)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Estonia (1998–2001)
- *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)
- *James Morrison Wilson Jr. (1918–2009)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (1976–1977)
- *William Down Wolle (1928–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Oman (1974–1978)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Arab Emirates (1979–1981)
- *Joseph Owen Zurhellen Jr. (1920–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Suriname (1976–1978)