James Clement Dunn - People - Department History
James Clement Dunn (1890–1979)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: New York
State of Residence: New York
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Haiti)
Began Service: April 1922
Ended Service: February 1924 - Chief of Protocol
Appointed: February 4, 1928
Entry on Duty: February 4, 1928
Termination of Appointment: November 17, 1930- Chief of the Division of International Conferences and Protocol, February 15, 1929.
- Chief of Protocol
Appointed: June 11, 1933
Entry on Duty: June 11, 1933
Termination of Appointment: April 11, 1935 - Assistant Secretary of State for European, Far Eastern, Near Eastern, and African
Affairs
Appointed: December 20, 1944
Entry on Duty: December 20, 1944
Termination of Appointment: November 11, 1946 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Italy)
Appointed: July 25, 1946
Presentation of Credentials: February 6, 1947
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 17, 1952 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (France)
Appointed: March 13, 1952
Presentation of Credentials: March 27, 1952
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 2, 1953 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Spain)
Appointed: February 27, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: April 9, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left post on February 9, 1955 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Brazil)
Appointed: January 24, 1955
Presentation of Credentials: March 11, 1955
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 4, 1956 - Career Ambassador
Appointed: March 7, 1956