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William Avery Crawford (1915–2001)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: District of Columbia
State of Residence: District of Columbia
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Romania)
Appointed: November 28, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: February 10, 1962
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 24, 1964- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 30, 1962, after confirmation.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Romania)
Appointed: December 4, 1964
Presentation of Credentials: December 24, 1964
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 10, 1965- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 18, 1965, after confirmation. John P. Shaw was serving as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim when the Legation in Bucharest was raised to Embassy status on June 1, 1964.