Office of the Historian

List of Persons

  • Adams, Sherman, Assistant to the President
  • Adams, Ware, Director of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State, from September 19, 1956
  • Allen, George V., Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, January 24, 1955–July 26, 1956; Ambassador to Greece, October 12, 1956–November 13, 1957; appointed Director of the United States Information Agency, November 15, 1957
  • Allen, Ward P., United Nations Adviser in the Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, until August 14, 1955
  • Allison, John M., Ambassador to Japan until February 2, 1957; Ambassador to Indonesia from March 13, 1957
  • Alphand, Hervé, French Representative at the United Nations September 1955–August 1956; thereafter French Ambassador to the United States
  • Anderson, Dillon, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, April 1955–September 1956; Consultant to the President from June 1957
  • Armour, Norman, Jr., Staff Assistant at the Mission at the United Nations until May 22, 1955; thereafter Adviser on Political and Security Affairs at the Mission
  • Arneson, R. Gordon, Deputy Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State, June 30–September 15, 1957; thereafter Deputy Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research
  • Bacon, Ruth E., United Nations Adviser in the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • Barco, James W., Senior Adviser on Political and Security Council Affairs at the Mission at the United Nations until June 16, 1955; thereafter Counselor of the Mission
  • Becker, Loftus, Legal Adviser of the Department of State from June 13, 1957
  • Belaúnde, Victor A., Peruvian Representative on the United Nations Security Council, June 1955–June 1957
  • Bell, Laird, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago; Alternate Representative to the Tenth Session of the United Nations General Assembly
  • Bender, Albert F., Adviser on Legal and Political Matters at the Mission at the United Nations until April 8, 1956; thereafter Senior Adviser on International Organizations and Legal Matters at the Mission
  • Berding, Andrew H., Assistant Director of the United States Information Agency until March 1957; Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs from March 28, 1957
  • Bloomfield, Lincoln P., Special Assistant for Charter Review to the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
  • Boggs, Marion W., Director of the National Security Council Secretariat
  • Bowie, Robert R., Director of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, until August 1955; Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning, August 1955–August 1957
  • Bronk, Dr. Detlev W., President of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Brown, Elizabeth Ann, Foreign Affairs Officer in the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • Brownell, Herbert, Jr., Attorney General of the United States
  • Bunche, Ralph J., Under Secretary, Office of Under Secretaries Without Department, United Nations Secretariat
  • Bunker, Ellsworth, President of the American Red Cross through 1956; Representative at the Eleventh Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly; Ambassador to India from March 4, 1957
  • Carias Castillo, Tiburcio, Jr., Honduran Representative at the United Nations through August 1957; Honduran Ambassador to the United States from October 15, 1957
  • Carnahan, Albert Sidney Johnson, Democratic Representative from Missouri; Representative to the Twelfth Session of the United Nations General Assembly
  • Chechetkin, Igor V., member of the United Nations Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
  • Cook, Charles D., Adviser on Political and Security Affairs to the Mission at the United Nations until June 16, 1955; thereafter Deputy Counselor of the Mission
  • Couve de Murville, Maurice J., French Ambassador to the United States until September 1956
  • Crosthwaite, Ponsonby Moore, Minister of the British Mission at the United Nations and concurrently British Deputy Representative at the United Nations
  • Crowe, Philip K., Ambassador to Ceylon until September 27, 1956
  • Cutler, Robert L., Administrative and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs until April 1955 and again from January 1957
  • Daniels, Paul C., staff member in the Office of South American Affairs, Bureau of Inter–American Affairs, Department of State, from autumn 1957
  • Davis, Richard H., member of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State, December 4, 1955–January 13, 1957
  • De Margerie, see Jacquin de Margerie
  • DePalma, Samuel, Officer in Charge of General Assembly Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State, October 9, 1955–April 8, 1956; Deputy Director of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State, April 8, 1956–August 25, 1957
  • Dixon, Sir Pierson J., British Representative at the United Nations
  • Dreier, John C., Representative to the Council of the Organization of American States; concurrently Acting Director of the Office of Inter–American Regional Political Affairs, Bureau of Inter–American Affairs, Department of State, from May 15, 1956
  • Dulles, Allen W., Director of Central Intelligence
  • Dulles, John Foster, Secretary of State
  • Eastland, James O., Democratic Senator from Mississippi
  • Eden, Sir Anthony, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister until April 6, 1955; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, April 6, 1955–January 10, 1957
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D., President of the United States
  • Elbrick, C. Burke, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until February 11, 1957; Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs from February 14, 1957
  • Farley, Philip J., Deputy to the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Affairs until October 1957; thereafter Special Assistant for Atomic Energy Affairs to the Secretary of State
  • Fedorenko, Nikolai T., Soviet Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Flemming, Arthur S., Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization until February 1957
  • Fobes, John E., Director of the Office of International Administration, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State, from September 25, 1955
  • Glazebrook, George P. de T., Minister at the Canadian Embassy through 1956
  • Gleason, S. Everett, Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
  • Goodpaster, Colonel Andrew J.,USA, Staff Secretary to the President; promoted to Brigadier General, January 1957
  • Gough, Betty C., Foreign Affairs Officer in the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Affairs, Department of State; temporarily attached to the Mission at the United Nations during sessions of the General Assembly
  • Gray, Gordon, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, July 14, 1955–February 27, 1957; Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization from March 1957
  • Guiringaud, Louis de, French Alternate Representative at the United Nations, October 1955–August 1957
  • Hagen, Dr. John P., Naval Research Laboratory, Department of Defense
  • Hagerty, James C., Press Secretary to the President
  • Hammarskjöld, Dag, Secretary–General of the United Nations
  • Hanes, John W., Jr., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State until April 8, 1957; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
  • Harlow, Bryce N., Administrative Assistant to the President
  • Hartley, Virginia, Foreign Affairs Officer in the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • Hays, Brooks, Democratic Representative from Arkansas; member, House Foreign Affairs Committee; Representative to the Tenth Session of the United Nations General Assembly
  • Heeney, Arnold D.P., Canadian Ambassador to the United States until May 1957
  • Herrington, William C, Special Assistant for Fisheries and Wildlife, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • Herter, Christian A., Consultant to the Secretary of State, January 14, 1957–February 21, 1957; thereafter Under Secretary of State
  • Holaday, William M., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
  • Holland, Henry F., Assistant Secretary of State for Inter–American Affairs until September 13, 1956
  • Hoover, Herbert J., Jr., Under Secretary of State until February 1957
  • Hughes, Rowland R., Director of the Bureau of the Budget until April 1, 1956
  • Humphrey, George M., Secretary of the Treasury until July 1957
  • Humphrey, Hubert H., Democratic Senator from Minnesota; member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee; member, Government Operations Committee; Representative to the Eleventh Regular Session of the General Assembly
  • Iguchi, Sadao, Japanese Ambassador to the United States until March 1956
  • Irwin, Wallace, Director of the Office of Public Affairs at the Mission at the United Nations until August 1957; thereafter Director of Public Services at the Mission
  • Jacquin de Margerie, Roland, Director–General of Political and Economic Affairs in the French Foreign Ministry, June 1955–July 1956
  • Jandrey, Frederick W., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs from July 14, 1957
  • Jones, John Wesley, Director of the Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, until February 14, 1957; thereafter Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
  • Kase, Toshikazu, Japanese Observer at the United Nations August 1955–December 18, 1956; thereafter Japanese Representative to the Eleventh Session of the United Nations General Assembly
  • Key, David McK., Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs until July 31, 1955
  • Khalidy, Awni, Iraqi Representative at the United Nations through 1955
  • Khrushchev, Nikita S., First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • Kidron, Mordecai R., Israeli Deputy Representative at the United Nations
  • Killian, Dr. James R., Jr., President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; member of the President’s Science Advisory Committee
  • Kirlin, Florence, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations; Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, August 30–November 30, 1955
  • Kissick, Harold G., Director of the Office of International Conferences, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • Koo, V.K. Wellington, Chinese Ambassador to the United States through 1956
  • Kulazhenkov, Anatoliy G., Deputy Director of the Department of American Countries, Soviet Foreign Ministry, from 1957
  • Kuznetsov, Vasili V., Soviet First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Labouisse, Henry R., Jr., Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
  • Lall, Arthur S., Indian Representative at the United Nations
  • Lay, James S., Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
  • Lloyd, Sir John Selwyn Brooke, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from December 1955
  • Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., Representative at the United Nations
  • Lord, Mary P. (Mrs. Oswald B.), Representative on the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council; Alternate Representative to the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Sessions of the United Nations General Assembly
  • Lyon, Cecil B., Director of the Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, until June 28, 1955; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter–American Affairs, June 28, 1955–May 10, 1956; Ambassador to Chile from May 15, 1956
  • MacArthur, Douglas II, Counselor of the Department of State until December 1956; Ambassador to Japan from February 25, 1957
  • McCardle, Carl W., Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs until March 1, 1957
  • McClurkin, Robert J.G., Acting Director of the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Department of State, until January 30, 1955; Director, January 30, 1955–January 6, 1956
  • McElroy, Neil H., Secretary of Defense from October 1957
  • MacKay, Robert A., Canadian Representative at the United Nations from August 1955
  • Macomber, William B., Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State, January 10–November 16, 1955; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, November 16, 1955–August 15, 1957; Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations from October 21, 1957
  • McSweeney, John M., Adviser on Security Council Affairs at the Mission at the United Nations until July 31, 1955; Senior Political Adviser at the Mission, July 31, 1955–April 8, 1956
  • Malik, Y.A., Soviet Ambassador to the United Kingdom
  • Martin, Joseph W., Jr., Republican Representative from Massachusetts
  • Martin, Paul, Canadian Minister of National Health and Welfare until 1957; Canadian Representative at the Tenth Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly
  • Maza, José, Leader of the Chilean Liberal Party and Senator in Parliament through 1956
  • Meeker, Leonard C., Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs, Department of State, until April 3, 1957; thereafter Acting Deputy Legal Adviser
  • Menon, V.K. Krishna, Indian Minister without Portfolio, 1956; Minister of Defense, 1957
  • Merchant, Livingston T., Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until May 6, 1956; Ambassador to Canada from May 23, 1956
  • Merrow, Chester E., Republican Representative from New Hampshire; member, House Foreign Affairs Committee; Representative to the Tenth Session of the United Nations General Assembly
  • Mewshaw, Franklin L., member of the Political and Security Affairs Staff of the Mission at the United Nations until December 1, 1957; thereafter Adviser on Political and Security Affairs at the Mission
  • Molotov, Vyacheslav M., First Vice Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers and member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party until July 4, 1957; Minister for Foreign Affairs until June 1956
  • Monsma, George N., Officer in Charge of International Organization Affairs, Office of Regional American Affairs, Bureau of Inter–American Affairs, Department of State, until May 16, 1956; thereafter Officer in Charge of Inter–American Organizations, Office of Inter–American Regional Political Affairs, Bureau of Inter–American Affairs
  • Morton, Thruston B., Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations until February 29, 1956; Republican Senator from Kentucky from January 3, 1957
  • Muniz, João Carlos, Brazilian Ambassador to the United States until June 1956
  • Murphy, Robert D., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • Nixon, Richard M., Vice President of the United States
  • Nutting, Anthony, British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs until November 4, 1956
  • Ordonneau, Pierre, Adviser on Security Council Affairs at the French Mission at the United Nations
  • Owsley, Charles H., Officer in Charge of International Security Affairs in the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Oraganization Affairs, Department of State, from September 9, 1956
  • Pastore, John O., Democratic Senator from Rhode Island; Representative to the Tenth Session of the United Nations General Assembly
  • Pearson, Lester B., Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs until June 1957
  • Persons, Major General Wilton B. (USA ret.), Deputy Assistant to the President
  • Phillips, Christopher H., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs until 1957
  • Phleger, Herman, Legal Adviser of the Department of State until April 1, 1957
  • Popper, David H., Director of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State, until August 14, 1955; Consul and Deputy Representative to International Organizations, Geneva, from August 12, 1956
  • Prochnow, Herbert V., Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, November 1955–November 1956
  • Pyle, Howard, Administrative Assistant to the President
  • Quarles, Donald A., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Development until August 1955; Secretary of the Air Force, August 1955–April 1957; thereafter Deputy Secretary of Defense
  • Radford, Admiral Arthur W., USN, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until August 1957
  • Ramsbotham, P.E., First Secretary and Head of Chancery of the British Mission at the United Nations until 1956
  • Rankin, Karl L., Ambassador to the Republic of China until December 30, 1957
  • Raynor, G. Hayden, Director of the Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, until June 19, 1955
  • Roberts, Peter, Foreign Affairs Officer in the Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, June 3, 1956–July 14, 1957; thereafter information specialist in the Bureau; Acting United Nations Adviser in the Bureau, summer and fall 1956
  • Rockefeller, Nelson A., Special Assistant to the President until December 31, 1955; Chairman of the President’s Advisory Committee on Government Organization; Vice Chairman (representating the President) of the Operations Coordinating Board, 1955–1956
  • Salt, Barbara, First Secretary of the British Embassy until November 1955; Counselor of the British Embassy, November 1955–April 1957
  • Sarper, Selim R., Turkish Representative at the United Nations until July 1957
  • Sebald, William J., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs until March 14, 1957; Ambassador to Australia from June 7, 1957
  • Sisco, Joseph J., Staff Assistant in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State, until May 22, 1955; Foreign Affairs Officer in the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, May 22, 1955–July 1, 1956; Officer in Charge of General Assembly and Security Council Affairs, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, July 1, 1956–January 27, 1957; thereafter Officer in Charge of United Nations Political Affairs, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs
  • Sobolev, Arkady A., Soviet Representative on the United Nations Security Council; Acting Representative at the United Nations until April 1955; Representative at the United Nations, April–November 1955
  • Sprague, Mansfield D., General Counsel of the Department of Defense
  • Staats, Elmer B., Executive Officer of the Operations Coordinating Board
  • Stassen, Harold E., Director of the Foreign Operations Administration and Chairman of the Foreign Operations Council until June 30, 1955; Special Assistant on Disarmament to President Eisenhower from March 19, 1955; Deputy Representative to the United Nations Disarmament Commission from August 2, 1955
  • Sweeney, Joseph M., Attorney–Adviser in the Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for European Affairs, Department of State, until summer 1956
  • Thompson, Llewellyn E., Ambassador to the Soviet Union from July 16, 1957
  • Trujillo, José Vicente (Vincente), Representative of Ecuador at the United Nations; Chairman of the Latin American caucus in the United Nations
  • Tsiang, Tingfu F., Republic of China Representative at the United Nations
  • Vandenberg, Arthur H., Republican Senator from Michigan, 1928–1951
  • Wadsworth, James J., Deputy Representative at the United Nations
  • Wainhouse, David W., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs until September 11, 1955; Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, July 20–October 7, 1956
  • Walmsley, Walter N., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from October 8, 1956
  • Waterman, Alan T., Director of the National Science Foundation
  • Watrous, Livingston D., Officer in Charge of River Plate Affairs, Office of South American Affairs, Bureau of Inter–American Affairs, Department of State, from May 19, 1955
  • Wilcox, Francis O., Chief of Staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee until September 6, 1955; thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
  • Wilson, Charles E., Secretary of Defense until October 1957
  • Yingling, Raymund T., Assistant Legal Adviser for European Affairs, Department of State, until October 9, 1957; thereafter Assistant Legal Adviser for Special Functional Problems
  • Zakharov, Alexei V., Soviet Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1956
  • Zaroubin (Zarubin), Georgi N., Soviet Ambassador to the United States
  • Zorin, Valentin A., Soviet Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs until 1955 and from October 1956