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Joseph Charles Satterthwaite (1900–1990)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Michigan
State of Residence: Michigan
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Sri Lanka)
Appointed: September 22, 1949
Presentation of Credentials: November 19, 1949
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 25, 1953- Commissioned to Ceylon.
- Diplomatic Agent/Consul General (Morocco)
Appointed: June 24, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: September 8, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 1, 1955 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Burma)
Appointed: April 4, 1955
Presentation of Credentials: May 10, 1955
Termination of Mission: Left post on April 1, 1957 - Director General of the Foreign Service
Appointed: May 6, 1957
Termination of Appointment: September 1, 1958 - Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Appointed: August 23, 1958
Entry on Duty: September 2, 1958
Termination of Appointment: January 31, 1961 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (South Africa)
Appointed: April 6, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: May 22, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post on November 17, 1965- Commissioned to the Union of South Africa. Reaccredited when South Africa became a republic. New letter of credence submitted to the Foreign Office on May 31, 1961; not formally presented.