Walter Cecil Dowling - People - Department History
Walter Cecil Dowling (1905–1977)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Georgia
State of Residence: Georgia
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Korea)
Appointed: May 29, 1956
Presentation of Credentials: July 14, 1956
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 2, 1959 - Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
Appointed: August 26, 1959- Did not take oath of office under this appointment.
- 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.
- Career Ambassador
Appointed: March 20, 1962