Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume XXVIII, Organization and Management of Foreign Policy

244. Memorandum From the Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Personnel (Barnes) to the Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State (Billings)¹

Washington, May 27, 1980

SUBJECT

• Minority Group Members and Women Serving in High Level Positions

Attached are the lists you requested of minority group members and women serving as Ambassadors and at the Deputy Assistant Secretary level and above. I am also attaching comparable lists for January 1977.

Attachment 1

List Prepared in the Bureau of Personnel²

Washington, May 21, 1980

AMBASSADORS as of May 21, 1980
Black	Ulric St. Clair Haynes, Jr. (NC) Algeria
	Horace G. Dawson (C) Botswana
	Anne Forrester Holloway (NC) Mali
	O. Rudolph Aggrey (C) Romania
	Terrence A. Todman (C) Spain
	Donald F. McHenry (NC) USUN
	H. Carl McCall (NC) USUN
	W. Beverly Carter (C) Ambassador at Large
	Barbara Watson (NC) Malaysia (designate)
	Walter Carrington (NC) Senegal (designate)
	David B. Bolen (C) German Democratic Republic (successor designated)
	William Bowdoin Jones (C) Haiti (successor designated)
	Wilbert John Le Melle (NC) Kenya (successor designated)
	Malawi (under consideration)
Women	Sally Angela Shelton (NC) Barbados, Grenada & Dominica
	Anne Cox Chambers (NC) Belgium
	Patricia M. Byrne (C) Burma
	Nancy V. Rawls (C) Ivory Coast
	Anne Forrester Holloway (NC) Mali
	Joan Margaret Clark (C) Malta
	Geri M. Joseph (NC) Netherlands
	Anne Clark Martindell (NC) New Zealand
	Marilyn Priscilla Johnson (C) Togo
	Barbara W. Newell (NC) UNESCO
	Joan Edelman Spero (NC) USECOSOC
	Frances Cook (C) Burundi (designate)
	Barbara Watson (NC) Malaysia (designate)
	Theresa A. Healy (C) Sierra Leone (designate)
	Mari-Luci Jaramillo (NC) Honduras (successor designated)
	Nancy Ostrander (C) Suriname (successor designated)
Hispanic	Raymond E. Gonzalez (C) Ecuador
	Julian Nava (NC) Mexico
	Abelardo L. Valdez (NC) Chief of Protocol for the White House
	Raul H. Castro (NC) Argentina (leaving in August)
	Frank V. Ortiz, Jr. (C) Guatemala (successor designated)
	Mari-Luci Jaramillo (NC) Honduras (successor designated)
	Malagasy Republic (under consideration)
American-Indian	Larry G. Piper (C) Gambia (designate)
Handicapped	Robert C. F. Gordon (C) Mauritius

Attachment 2

List Prepared in the Bureau of Personnel³

Washington, May 21, 1980

MINORITY GROUP MEMBERS AT THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY LEVEL AND ABOVE as of May 21, 1980

ASSISTANT SECRETARY
CA	—	Diego Asencio (C) (designate)
DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
DGP/PER	—	Ronald D. Palmer (C)
M/EEO	—	John A. Burroughs, Jr. (C)
S/IG	—	Richard K. Fox (C)
ARA	—	Ralph Guzman (NC)
AF	—	Mabel M. Smythe (NC)

Attachment 3

List Prepared in the Bureau of Personnel⁴

Washington, May 21, 1980

WOMEN SERVING AT THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY LEVEL AND ABOVE as of May 21, 1980

COUNSELOR
Rozanne L. Ridgway (C)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
CA	—	Barbara Watson (NC) (successor designated)
HA	—	Patt Derian (NC)
INM	—	Mathea Falco (NC)
DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
A	—	Virginia M. Schafer (C)
AF	—	Carol J. Lancaster (NC)
		Mabel M. Smyth (NC)
CA	—	Elizabeth J. Harper (C) (retiring shortly)
		Ruth A. McLendon (C) (being assigned abroad)
EA	—	Evelyn S. Colbert (C) (retiring shortly)
EUR	—	Sharon E. Ahmad (C)
H	—	Peggy H. Lampl (NC)
INR	—	Carol E. Baumann (NC)
NEA	—	Jane A. Coon (C)
IO	—	Sarah Power (NC) (designate)

Attachment 4

List Prepared in the Bureau of Personnel⁵

Washington, undated

Minority Ambassadors as of January 1, 1977

Black
Theodore R. Britton, Jr.	Barbados and Grenada
Terence A. Todman	Costa Rica
O. Rudolph Aggrey	Senegal and The Gambia
W. Beverly Carter, Jr.	Liberia
Charles A. James	Niger
Ronald D. Palmer	Togo
Women
Melissa F. Wells	Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde
Rosemary L. Ginn	Luxembourg
Patricia M. Byrne	Mali
Marquita M. Maytag	Nepal
Mary S. Olmsted	Papua New Guinea
Anne Legendre Armstrong	Great Britain
Nancy V. Rawls	USUN
Hispanic
Phillip V. Sanchez	Colombia
Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr.	El Salvador
Joseph J. Jova	Mexico

Attachment 5

List Prepared in the Bureau of Personnel⁶

Washington, May 23, 1980

MINORITY GROUP MEMBERS AT THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY LEVEL AND ABOVE AS OF JANUARY 1, 1977

ASSISTANT SECRETARY
PA	—	John E. Reinhardt (C)
DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
AF	—	David B. Bolen (C)
M/EEO	—	Samuel M. Pinckney Jr. (C)
DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
S/S	—	Frank V. Ortiz Jr. (C)

Attachment 6

List Prepared in the Bureau of Personnel⁷

Washington, May 23, 1980

WOMEN SERVING AT THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY LEVEL AND ABOVE AS OF JANUARY 1, 1977

ASSISTANT SECRETARY
S/CPR	—	Shirley Temple Black (NC)
M/DGP	—	Carol C. Laise (C)
DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
PA	—	Virginia R. Allan (NC)
OES/O	—	Rozanne L. Ridgway (C)
CU	—	Patricia S. Lindh (NC)
USUN	—	Nancy V. Rawls (C)

1. Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of the Under Secretary for Management (M), 1980, Box 4, Chron May 26–June 1, 1980. No classification marking. Drafted on May 21 by Barnes. Sent through Read, who did not initial the memorandum.
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