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Walter Cecil Dowling (1905–1977)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Georgia
  1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Korea)
    Appointed: May 29, 1956
    Presentation of Credentials: July 14, 1956
    Termination of Mission: Left post on October 2, 1959
  2. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
    Appointed: August 26, 1959
    • Did not take oath of office under this appointment.
  3. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Germany)
    Appointed: November 7, 1959
    Presentation of Credentials: December 3, 1959
    Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge April 21, 1963
    • Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 21, 1960, after confirmation. Commissioned to the Federal Republic of Germany.
  4. Career Ambassador
    Appointed: March 20, 1962