Winthrop Gilman Brown - People - Department History
Winthrop Gilman Brown (1907–1987)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: District of Columbia
State of Residence: District of Columbia
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Laos)
Appointed: July 5, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: July 25, 1960
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 28, 1962 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Korea)
Appointed: July 31, 1964
Presentation of Credentials: August 14, 1964
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 10, 1967 - Career Ambassador
Appointed: August 11, 1969
- Was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the time.