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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1977

Note: Career Foreign Service appointees are asterisked.

  • *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)
  • Philip Henry Alston Jr. (1911–1988)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Australia (1977–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nauru (1979–1981)
  • 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)
  • *Diego Cortes Asencio (1931–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1977–1980)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs (1980–1983)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1983–1986)
  • *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)
  • *Robert South Barrett IV (1927–2004)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Comoros (1980)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Madagascar (1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Djibouti (1988–1991)
  • *Maurice Darrow Bean (1928–2009)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (1977–1979)
  • Ralph Elihu Becker (1907–1994)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1976–1977)
  • Douglas Joseph Bennet Jr. (1938–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1977–1979)
    • Administrator of the Agency for International Development (1979–1981)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1993–1995)
  • *William Tapley Bennett Jr. (1917–1994)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1964–1966)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1966–1969)
    • U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1977–1983)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1983–1985)
  • Lucy Wilson Peters Benson (1927–)
    • Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (1977–1980)
  • *Donald C. Bergus (1920–1998)
    • Principal Officer, Egypt (1972)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sudan (1977–1980)
  • 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)
  • *Paul Harold Boeker (1938–2003)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1977–1980)
    • Director of the Foreign Service Institute (1980–1982)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1984–1987)
  • *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)
  • Kingman Brewster Jr. (1919–1988)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1977–1981)
  • Theodore Roosevelt Britton Jr. (1925–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Barbados (1974–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Grenada (1974–1977)
  • 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)
  • *John Richard Burke (1924–1993)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guyana (1977–1979)
  • *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)
  • *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 Hodding Carter III (1935–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (1977–1980)
  • Raul Hector Castro (1916–2015)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1964–1968)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1968–1969)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1977–1980)
  • 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)
  • Anne Cox Chambers (1919–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1977–1981)
  • Warren Minor Christopher (1925–2011)
    • Deputy Secretary of State (1977–1981)
    • Secretary of State ad interim (1980)
    • Secretary of State ad interim (1980)
    • Secretary of State (1993–1997)
  • *Joan Margaret Clark (1922–)
    • Director of the Office of Management Policy (1977–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malta (1979–1981)
    • Director General of the Foreign Service (1981–1983)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs (1983–1989)
  • *Walter Sheldon Clarke (1934–)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Djibouti ()
  • *Wat Tyler Cluverius IV (1934–2010)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bahrain (1976–1978)
  • *Herman Jay Cohen (1932–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Gambia (1977–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (1977–1980)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1989–1993)
    • Career Ambassador (1992)
  • Richard Newell Cooper (1934–)
    • Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment (1977–1981)
    • Secretary of State ad interim (1980)
  • *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)
  • *Oliver Sexsmith Crosby (1920–2014)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea (1977–1980)
  • Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Jr. (1922–2016)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ireland (1975–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1989–1993)
  • *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)
  • *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)
  • Patricia Murphy Derian (1929–2016)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (1977–1981)
  • *Frank James Devine (1922–2012)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1977–1980)
  • *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)
  • Evan Samuel Dobelle (1945–)
    • Chief of Protocol (1977–1978)
  • John Edward Downs (1917–)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (Montreal) (1977–1982)
  • Joseph Daniel Duffey (1932–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (1977–1978)
    • Director of the U.S. Information Agency (1993–1999)
  • *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)
  • 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)
  • *Richard Kenneth Fox Jr. (1925–2017)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Trinidad and Tobago (1977–1979)
  • Richard Newton Gardner (1927–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1977–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1993–1997)
  • *Raymond Leonard Garthoff (1929–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1977–1979)
  • Thomas Sovereign Gates Jr. (1906–1983)
    • Chief, China (1976–1977)
  • Leslie Howard Gelb (1937–)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs (1977–1979)
  • Sumner Gerard (1916–2005)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jamaica (1974–1977)
  • John Joyce Gilligan (1921–2013)
    • Administrator of the Agency for International Development (1977–1979)
  • Rosemary Lucas Ginn (1912–2003)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1976–1977)
  • Robert Francis Goheen (1919–2008)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1977–1980)
  • Arthur Joseph Goldberg (1908–1990)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1965–1968)
    • Ambassador at Large (1977–1978)
  • *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)
  • *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)
  • Herbert J. Hansell (1925–2015)
    • Legal Adviser (1977–1979)
  • 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)
  • Ulric St. Clair Haynes Jr. (1931–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Algeria (1977–1981)
  • *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 ()
  • *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)
  • *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)
  • Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (1941–2010)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1977–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1993–1994)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1994–1996)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1999–2001)
  • *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)
  • *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)
  • Mari-Luci Jaramillo (1928–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1977–1980)
  • *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)
  • Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (1961–1964)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritania (1961–1964)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Hungary (1977–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1980–1981)
  • Julius Louis Katz (1925–2000)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (1976–1979)
  • *Jay Kenneth Katzen (1936–)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Congo (Brazzaville) ()
  • *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)
  • Rodney O’Gliasain Kennedy-Minott (1928–2004)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1977–1980)
  • *Andrew Ivy Killgore (1919–2016)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Qatar (1977–1980)
  • Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger (1923–2023)
    • Secretary of State (1973–1977)
  • *Elmer Gregory Kryza (1922–1998)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritania (1977–1980)
  • *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)
  • William Anthony Kirsopp Lake (1939–)
    • Director of Policy Planning (1977–1981)
  • *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)
  • *John Charles Leary (1924–2002)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Vienna) (1977–1980)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Grenada (1988)
  • Monroe Leigh (1919–2001)
    • Legal Adviser (1974–1977)
  • Wilbert John LeMelle (1931–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kenya (1977–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Seychelles (1977–1980)
  • Louis Abraham Lerner (1935–1984)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Norway (1977–1980)
  • *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)
  • *John Andrew Linehan Jr. (1924–2005)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sierra Leone (1977–1980)
  • 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)
  • *James Gordon Lowenstein (1927–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1977–1981)
  • Ignacio E. Lozano Jr. (1927–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1976–1977)
  • Patrick Joseph Lucey (1918–2014)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1977–1979)
  • 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)
  • Michael Joseph Mansfield (1903–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1977–1988)
  • *David Everett Mark (1923–2005)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burundi (1974–1977)
  • *Edward Marks (1934–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cape Verde (1977–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea-Bissau (1977–1980)
  • 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)
  • Charles William Maynes (1938–2007)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1977–1980)
  • Marquita Moseley Maytag (1925–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nepal (1976–1977)
  • *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)
  • Gale McGee (1915–1992)
    • Permanent Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization of American States (Washington) (1977–1981)
  • *Clayton E. McManaway Jr. (1933–2010)
    • Director of the Office of Management Policy (1976–1977)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1983–1986)
  • *Robert Hopkins Miller (1927–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malaysia (1977–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Côte d’Ivoire (1983–1986)
  • Patsy Takemoto Mink (1927–2002)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (1977–1978)
  • Richard Menifee Moose (1932–2015)
    • Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (1977)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1977–1981)
    • Under Secretary of State for Management (1993–1996)
  • *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)
  • *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)
  • Matthew Nimetz (1939–)
    • Counselor (1977–1980)
    • Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (1980)
  • *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)
  • *Francis Vincent Ortiz Jr. (1926–2005)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Barbados (1977–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Grenada (1977–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1979–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1981–1983)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1983–1986)
  • *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)
  • *Lawrence A. Pezzulo (1926–2017)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1977–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1979–1981)
  • *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)
  • Benjamin Huger Read (1925–1993)
    • Executive Secretary (1963–1969)
    • Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (1977–1978)
    • Under Secretary of State for Management (1978–1981)
  • 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)
  • *Rozanne Lejeanne Ridgway (1935–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Finland (1977–1980)
    • Counselor (1980–1981)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, German Democratic Republic (1982–1985)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1985–1989)
  • Charles Wesley Robinson (1919–)
    • Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment (1974–1976)
    • Deputy Secretary of State (1976–1977)
  • 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)
  • Herbert Salzman (1916–1990)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris) (1977–1981)
  • 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)
  • *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)
  • William B. Schwartz Jr. (1921–2010)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Bahamas (1977–1981)
  • *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)
  • 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)
  • William Vincent Shannon (1927–1988)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ireland (1977–1981)
  • 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)
  • *Ernest Victor Siracusa (1918–2000)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1969–1973)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1973–1977)
  • David Shiverick Smith (1918–2012)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1976–1977)
  • Gerard Coad Smith (1914–1994)
    • Director of Policy Planning (1957–1961)
    • Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1969–1973)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna) (1977–1980)
    • Ambassador at Large (1977–1980)
  • *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)
  • Mabel Murphy Smythe (1918–2006)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cameroon (1977–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Equatorial Guinea (1979–1980)
  • *Richard Lee Sneider (1922–1986)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (1974–1978)
  • Mauricio Solaun (1935–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1977–1979)
  • *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)
  • *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)
  • 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)
  • *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)
  • Robert Schwarz Strauss (1918–2014)
    • U.S. Trade Representative (1977–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1991–1992)
  • 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)
  • *Peter Tarnoff (1937–)
    • Executive Secretary (1977–1981)
    • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1993–1997)
  • 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)
  • *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)
  • *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)
  • Cyrus Roberts Vance (1917–2002)
    • Secretary of State (1977–1980)
  • *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)
  • David Walters (1917–)
    • Personal Representative of the President, Holy See (1978)
  • Marvin Leon Warner (1919–2002)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1977–1979)
  • Paul Culliton Warnke (1920–2001)
    • Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1977–1978)
  • 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)
  • Marvin Weissman (1927–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1977–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1980)
  • *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)
  • John Carl West (1922–2004)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1977–1981)
  • *Robert Edward White (1926–2015)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1977–1980)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1980–1981)
  • *Charles Sheldon Whitehouse (1926–2001)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Laos (1973–1975)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1975–1978)
  • *James Morrison Wilson Jr. (1918–2009)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (1976–1977)
  • Milton Albert Wolf (1924–2005)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1977–1980)
  • *William Down Wolle (1928–)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Oman (1974–1978)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Arab Emirates (1979–1981)
  • Leonard F. Woodcock (1911–2001)
    • Chief, China (1977–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (1979–1981)
  • William Howard Wriggins (1918–2008)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1977–1979)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Maldives (1978–1979)
  • Andrew Jackson Young (1932–)
    • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1977–1979)
  • *Joseph Owen Zurhellen Jr. (1920–1990)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Suriname (1976–1978)