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Thomas Watkins McElhiney (1919–1998)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
States of Residence: District of Columbia, Maryland
States of Residence: District of Columbia, Maryland
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Ghana)
Appointed: July 24, 1968
Presentation of Credentials: September 14, 1968
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 29, 1971 - Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service
Appointed: July 1, 1971
Termination of Appointment: July 18, 1973 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Ethiopia)
Appointed: February 11, 1974
- Declined appointment.