William Jennings Dyess - People - Department History
William Jennings Dyess (1929–1996)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Alabama
State of Residence: Alabama
- Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
Appointed: August 27, 1980
Entry on Duty: August 29, 1980
Termination of Appointment: July 30, 1981- Served concurrently as Department of State Spokesman.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Netherlands)
Appointed: July 30, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: September 2, 1982
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 19, 1983