Robinson McIlvaine - People - Department History
Robinson McIlvaine (1913–2001)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Pennsylvania
State of Residence: Pennsylvania
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Benin)
Appointed: June 22, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: July 31, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 19, 1964- Commissioned to Dahomey.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Guinea)
Appointed: September 16, 1966
Presentation of Credentials: October 27, 1966
Termination of Mission: Left post on September 25, 1969 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Kenya)
Appointed: September 15, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: September 30, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post on April 4, 1973