Alan Wood Lukens (1924–2019)

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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Pennsylvania

Concurrent Appointments
1. Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Chad)
  Began Service: August 11, 1960
  - Also accredited to Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), and Gabon; resident at Brazzaville.
2. Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Central African Republic)
  Began Service: August 13, 1960
  - Also accredited to Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), and Gabon; resident at Brazzaville.
3. Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Congo (Brazzaville))
  Began Service: August 15, 1960
  - Also accredited to Central African Republic, Chad, and Gabon; resident at Brazzaville.
4. Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Gabon)
  Began Service: August 17, 1960
  - Also accredited to Central African Republic, Chad, and Congo (Brazzaville); resident at Brazzaville.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Congo (Brazzaville))
Appointed: August 13, 1984
Presentation of Credentials: September 22, 1984
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 6, 1987