Donald Read Heath -
People - Department History
Donald Read Heath (1894–1981)
Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Kansas
State of Residence: Kansas
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Bulgaria)
Appointed: September 30, 1947
Presentation of Credentials: November 8, 1947
Termination of Mission: Declared persona non grata by Government of Bulgaria January 19, 1950- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 9, 1947, after confirmation. The Department of State announced the suspension of diplomatic relatoins with Bulgaria on February 21, 1950. Heath left post on February 24, 1950.
- Concurrent Appointments
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Cambodia)
Appointed: June 29, 1950
Presentation of Credentials: July 11, 1950
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 12, 1952- During Heath’s tenure as non-resident Minister, Legation Phnom Penh was opened on November 14, 1950, with Don V. Catlett as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. Also accredited to Laos and State of Vietnam; resident at Saigon.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Laos)
Appointed: June 29, 1950
Presentation of Credentials: December 29, 1950
Termination of Mission: Superseded November 1, 1954- During Heath’s tenure as non-resident Minister, Legation Vientiane was opened on August 22, 1950, with Paul L. Guest as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. Also accredited to Cambodia and State of Vietnam; resident at Saigon.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (State of Vietnam)
Appointed: June 29, 1950
Presentation of Credentials: October 22, 1950
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 11, 1952- Edmund A. Gullion was serving as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim when the Legation in Saigon was raised to Embassy status on June 25, 1952. Also accredited to Cambodia and Laos; resident at Saigon.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Cambodia)
- Concurrent Appointments
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Cambodia)
Appointed: June 25, 1952
Presentation of Credentials: July 12, 1952
Termination of Mission: Superseded October 2, 1954- During Heath’s tenure as non-resident Minister, Legation Phnom Penh was raised to Embassy status on June 25, 1952, with Thomas J. Corcoran as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. Also accredited to State of Vietnam; resident at Saigon.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (State of Vietnam)
Appointed: June 25, 1952
Presentation of Credentials: July 11, 1952
Termination of Mission: Left post on November 14, 1954- Also accredited to Cambodia; resident at Saigon.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Cambodia)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Lebanon)
Appointed: February 4, 1955
Presentation of Credentials: March 9, 1955
Termination of Mission: Left post on January 4, 1958 - Concurrent Appointments
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Saudi Arabia)
Appointed: November 27, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: January 9, 1958
Termination of Mission: Left post on April 18, 1961- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 27, 1958, after confirmation. Also accredited to Yemen; resident at Jeddah.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Yemen)
Appointed: November 27, 1957
- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 27, 1958, after confirmation. Took oath of office, but did not present credentials in Yemen. Also accredited to Saudi Arabia; resident at Jeddah.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Saudi Arabia)