Mary Seymour Olmsted (1919–2018)

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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Tennessee

Concurrent Appointments
1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Papua New Guinea)
  Appointed: November 20, 1975
  Presentation of Credentials: January 5, 1976
  Termination of Mission: Left post on July 28, 1979
  - Also accredited to Solomon Islands; resident at Port Moresby.
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Solomon Islands)
  Appointed: August 31, 1978
  Presentation of Credentials: October 9, 1978
  Termination of Mission: Left Port Moresby July 28, 1979
  - Also accredited to Papua New Guinea; resident at Port Moresby.