Walter Clarence Thurston (1894–1974)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Arizona
  1. Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Costa Rica)
    Began Service: January 1921
    Ended Service: March 1922
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Mexico)
    Appointed: May 4, 1946
    Presentation of Credentials: June 17, 1946
    Termination of Mission: Appointment terminated November 4, 1950