William James Porter - People - Department History
William James Porter (1914–1988)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Massachusetts
State of Residence: Massachusetts
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Algeria)
Appointed: November 29, 1962
Presentation of Credentials: December 17, 1962
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 29, 1965- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on March 9, 1963.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Korea)
Appointed: June 9, 1967
Presentation of Credentials: August 23, 1967
Termination of Mission: Left post on August 18, 1971 - Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Appointed: February 2, 1973
Entry on Duty: February 2, 1973
Termination of Appointment: February 18, 1974 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Canada)
Appointed: February 11, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: March 13, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post on December 16, 1975 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Saudi Arabia)
Appointed: December 22, 1975
Presentation of Credentials: February 21, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 27, 1977 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Saudi Arabia)
- Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.