John Gavin Hurd (1914–2001)

Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Texas
  1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (South Africa)
    Appointed: July 24, 1970
    Presentation of Credentials: September 10, 1970
    Termination of Mission: Left post on April 7, 1975
  2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Venezuela)
    • Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.