Walter Clarence Thurston - People - Department History
Walter Clarence Thurston (1894–1974)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Arizona
State of Residence: Arizona
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Costa Rica)
Began Service: January 1921
Ended Service: March 1922 - Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (El Salvador)
Appointed: November 14, 1942
Presentation of Credentials: January 14, 1943
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary on April 16, 1943 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (El Salvador)
Appointed: March 27, 1943
Presentation of Credentials: April 16, 1943
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 14, 1944 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Bolivia)
Appointed: September 21, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: Officially recognized on November 16, 1944
Termination of Mission: Left post on January 3, 1946 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Mexico)
Appointed: May 4, 1946
Presentation of Credentials: June 17, 1946
Termination of Mission: Appointment terminated November 4, 1950