Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1981

Note: Career Foreign Service appointees are asterisked.

• *Morton Isaac Abramowitz (1933–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1978–1981)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (1985–1989)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1989–1991)
  • Career Ambassador (1989)
• Elliott Abrams (1948–)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (1981–1985)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1981)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1985–1989)
• *Orison Rudolph Aggrey (1926–2016)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Gambia (1973–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (1973–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Romania (1977–1981)
• Philip Henry Alston Jr. (1911–1988)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Australia (1977–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nauru (1979–1981)
• *David Anderson (1937–1997)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1981–1985)
• Leonore Annenberg (1918–2009)
  • Chief of Protocol (1981–1982)
• Thomas Aranda Jr. (1934–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1981–1985)
• *Diego Cortes Asencio (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1977–1980)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs (1980–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1983–1986)
• *Alfred Leroy Atherton Jr. (1921–2002)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1974–1978)
  • Ambassador at Large (1978–1979)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1979–1983)
  • Career Ambassador (1981)
  • Director General of the Foreign Service (1983–1984)
• John Brian Atwood (1942–)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1979–1981)
  • Administrator of the Agency for International Development (1993)
  • Under Secretary of State for Management (1993)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (Nomination of January 6, 1999, withdrawn on May 24, 1999.)
• Marcus Jacob (Mark Evans) Austad (1917–1988)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Finland (1975–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Norway (1981–1984)
• *Malcolm R. Barnebey (1927–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Belize (1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belize (1983–1985)
• *Harry George Barnes Jr. (1926–2012)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Romania (1973–1977)
  • Director General of the Foreign Service (1977–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1981–1985)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1985–1988)
• *Robert Louis Barry (1934–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1981–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (1992–1995)
• *Reginald Bartholomew (1936–2012)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs (1979–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1983–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1986–1989)
  • Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (1989–1992)
  • U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1992–1993)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1993–1997)
• Douglas Joseph Bennet Jr. (1938–)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1977–1979)
  • Administrator of the Agency for International Development (1979–1981)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1993–1995)
• *William Tapley Bennett Jr. (1917–1994)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1964–1966)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1966–1969)
  • U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1977–1983)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1983–1985)
• *Harry Earl Bergold Jr. (1931–1995)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Hungary (1980–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1984–1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (Not commissioned; nomination of June 6, 1988, was not acted upon by the Senate.)
• *Gordon Robert Beyer (1930–2010)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uganda (1980–1983)
• *Jack Robert Binns (1933–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1980–1981)
• Milan D. Bish (1929–2001)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Antigua and Barbuda (1981–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Barbados (1981–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominica (1981–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saint Lucia (1981–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1981–1984)
• *James Keough Bishop (1938–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Niger (1979–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liberia (1987–1990)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia (1990–1991)
• *Richard Joseph Bloomfield (1927–2011)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1976–1978)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1978–1982)
• *William Bodde Jr. (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Fiji (1980–1981)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Kiribati (1980–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tonga (1980–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tuvalu (1980–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Marshall Islands (1990–1992)
• *Paul Harold Boeker (1938–2003)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1977–1980)
  • Director of the Foreign Service Institute (1980–1982)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1984–1987)
• *Parker W. Borg (1939–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mali (1981–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iceland (1993–1996)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (Nomination of July 22, 1991, not acted upon by the Senate.)
• *Stephen Warren Bosworth (1939–2016)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tunisia (1979–1981)
  • Director of Policy Planning (1983–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (1984–1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (1997–2001)
• *William Garton Bowdler (1924–2016)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1968–1971)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1971–1973)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1975–1978)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (1978–1979)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1979–1981)
• *Thomas David Boyatt (1933–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burkina Faso (1978–1980)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1980–1983)
• *Charles William Bray III (1933–2006)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (1981–1985)
  • Director of the Foreign Service Institute (1987–1988)
• *Marshall Brement (1932–2009)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iceland (1981–1985)
• *L. Paul Bremer III (1941–)
  • Executive Secretary (1981–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1983–1986)
  • Ambassador at Large (1986–1989)
  • Director of the Bureau of Counterterrorism (1986–1989)
• Kingman Brewster Jr. (1919–1988)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1977–1981)
• *Robert Charles Brewster (1921–2010)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1973–1976)
  • Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1979–1981)
• William Emerson Brock III (1930–)
  • U.S. Trade Representative (1981–1985)
• *Kenneth Lee Brown (1936–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Brazzaville) (1981–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Côte d’Ivoire (1989–1992)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ghana (1992–1995)
• *Robert Lyle Brown (1920–)
  • Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1981–1983)
• H. Monroe Browne (1917–2006)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, New Zealand (1981–1985)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Samoa (1981–1985)
• James Lane Buckley (1923–)
  • Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (1981–1982)
  • Counselor (1982)
• Arthur Frank Burns (1904–1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1981–1985)
• John Andrew Burroughs Jr. (1936–2014)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malawi (1981–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uganda (1988–1991)
• Richard R. Burt (1947–)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs (1981–1982)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1983–1985)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1985–1989)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the U.S. Office for Arms Reduction Negotiations (Geneva) (1989–1991)
• *Patricia Mary Byrne (1925–2007)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mali (1976–1979)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (1979–1983)
• *Paul J. Byrnes (1926–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Antigua and Barbuda ()
• Walter C. Carrington (1930–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (1980–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria (1993–1997)
• *William Beverly Carter Jr. (1921–1982)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tanzania (1972–1975)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liberia (1976–1979)
  • Ambassador at Large (1979–1981)
• Anne Cox Chambers (1919–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1977–1981)
• *Frederic Lincoln Chapin (1929–1989)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ethiopia (1978–1980)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1981–1984)
• *Irving Gottlieb Cheslaw (1921–2013)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Trinidad and Tobago (1979–1981)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Jamaica ()
• Warren Minor Christopher (1925–2011)
  • Deputy Secretary of State (1977–1981)
  • Secretary of State ad interim (1980)
  • Secretary of State ad interim (1980)
  • Secretary of State (1993–1997)
• *Joan Margaret Clark (1922–)
  • Director of the Office of Management Policy (1977–1979)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malta (1979–1981)
  • Director General of the Foreign Service (1981–1983)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs (1983–1989)
• William Patrick Clark (1931–2013)
  • Deputy Secretary of State (1981–1982)
• *John Rufus Clingerman (1931–2004)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lesotho (1979–1981)
• *Frances D. Cook (1945–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burundi (1980–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cameroon (1989–1993)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Oman (1995–1999)
• *Carleton Stevens Coon Jr. (1927–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nepal (1981–1984)
• *Jane Abell Coon (1929–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bangladesh (1981–1984)
• Richard Newell Cooper (1934–)
  • Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment (1977–1981)
  • Secretary of State ad interim (1980)
• *Edwin Gharst Corr (1934–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1980–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1981–1985)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1985–1988)
• *John R. Countryman (1933–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Oman (1981–1985)
• Chester A. Crocker (1941–)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1981–1989)
• *John Joseph Crowley Jr. (1928–1995)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Suriname (1980–1981)
• Theodore E. Cummings (1907–1982)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1981–1982)
• Kenneth Merwin Curtis (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Canada (1979–1981)
• *Walter Leon Cutler (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1975–1979)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iran (1979)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tunisia (1981–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1984–1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1988–1989)
• *Allen Clayton Davis (1927–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea (1980–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uganda (1983–1985)
• *Horace Greeley Dawson Jr. (1926–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Botswana (1979–1982)
• *Peter John De Vos (1938–2008)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cape Verde (1980–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea-Bissau (1980–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mozambique (1983–1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liberia (1990–1992)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tanzania (1992–1994)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1994–1997)
• *John Gunther Dean (1926–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cambodia (1974–1975)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1975–1978)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1978–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1981–1985)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1985–1988)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Mali ()
• Patricia Murphy Derian (1929–2016)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (1977–1981)
• Dominic L. DiCarlo (1928–1999)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (1981–1984)
• *Francois Moussiegt Dickman (1924–2015)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Arab Emirates (1976–1979)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kuwait (1979–1983)
• *Robert Sherwood Dillon (1929–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon (1981–1983)
• John Ernest Dolibois (1918–2014)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1981–1985)
• John Edward Downs (1917–)
  • Representative of the U.S.A. on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (Montreal) (1977–1982)
• Angier Biddle Duke (1915–1995)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1952–1953)
  • Chief of Protocol (1961–1965)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1965–1968)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1968–1969)
  • Chief of Protocol (1968)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1979–1981)
• *William Jennings Dyess (1929–1996)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (1980–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1981–1983)
• *Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger (1930–2011)
  • Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (1975–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1977–1981)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1981–1982)
  • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1982–1984)
  • Career Ambassador (1984)
  • Deputy Secretary of State (1989–1992)
  • Secretary of State ad interim (1992)
  • Secretary of State (1992–1993)
• Ralph Earle II (1928–)
  • Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1980–1981)
• *William Brockway Edmondson (1927–2013)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1978–1981)
• *Thomas Ostrom Enders (1931–1996)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (1974–1975)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Canada (1975–1979)
  • Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1979–1981)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1981–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1983–1986)
• *Richard August Ericson Jr. (1923–2005)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iceland (1978–1981)
• Melvin H. Evans (1917–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Trinidad and Tobago (1981–1984)
• *Raymond C. Ewing (1936–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cyprus (1981–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ghana (1989–1992)
• Richard Fairbanks (1941–)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1981–1982)
  • Ambassador at Large (1984–1985)
• K. Mathea Falco (1944–)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (1979–1981)
• Harvey J. Feldman (1931–2009)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Papua New Guinea (1979–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Solomon Islands (1979–1981)
• Dean E. Fischer (1936–)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (1981–1982)
• Franklin S. Forsberg (1905–2002)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1981–1985)
• David B. Funderburk (1944–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Romania (1981–1985)
• Evan Griffith Galbraith (1928–2008)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1981–1985)
• Richard Newton Gardner (1927–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1977–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1993–1997)
• John A. Gavin (1931–2018)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1981–1986)
• Jean Broward Shevlin Gerard (1938–1996)
  • U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (1981–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1985–1990)
• *William Henry Gleysteen Jr. (1926–2002)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (1978–1981)
• *Raymond Emmanuel Gonzalez (1924–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1978–1982)
• *James Eugene Goodby (1929–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Finland (1980–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (Nomination not acted upon by the Senate; later declined a recess appointment.)
• *Robert Charles Frost Gordon (1920–2001)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritius (1980–1983)
• Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (1924–2010)
  • Secretary of State (1981–1982)
• *Alan M. Hardy (1934–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Equatorial Guinea (1981–1984)
• *William Caldwell Harrop (1929–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea (1975–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kenya (1980–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Seychelles (1980–1983)
  • Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1983–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1987–1991)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel (1991–1993)
• *Arthur Adair Hartman (1926–2015)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1973–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1977–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1981–1987)
  • Career Ambassador (1984)
• Ulric St. Clair Haynes Jr. (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Algeria (1977–1981)
• *Theresa Ann Healy (1932–2016)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sierra Leone (1980–1983)
• *Gerald B. Helman (1932–)
  • Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations (Geneva) (1979–1981)
• *Deane Roesch Hinton (1923–2017)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1974–1975)
  • Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1976–1979)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (1979–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1981–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1983–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1987–1990)
  • Career Ambassador (1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Panama (1990–1994)
• Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (1941–2010)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1977–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1993–1994)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1994–1996)
  • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1999–2001)
• *John Herbert Holdridge (1924–2001)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Singapore (1975–1978)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1981–1982)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (1982–1986)
• Anne Forrester Holloway (1941–2006)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mali (1979–1981)
• *Hume Alexander Horan (1934–2004)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cameroon (1980–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Equatorial Guinea (1980–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sudan (1983–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1987–1988)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Côte d’Ivoire (1992–1995)
• Robert David Hormats (1943–)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (1981–1982)
  • Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment (2009–2013)
• *Arthur William Hummel Jr. (1920–2001)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma (1968–1971)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ethiopia (1975–1976)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1976–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1977–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (1981–1985)
  • Career Ambassador (1981)
• *Marilyn Priscilla Johnson (1922–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo (1978–1981)
• Geri M. Joseph (1923–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1978–1981)
• Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritania (1961–1964)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal (1961–1964)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Hungary (1977–1980)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1980–1981)
• *Abraham Katz (1926–2013)
  • Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris) (1981–1984)
• *Robert Vossler Keeley (1929–2015)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Uganda (1973)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritius (1976–1978)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zimbabwe (1980–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1985–1989)
• Richard Thomas Kennedy (1919–1998)
  • Representative of the U.S.A. to the International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna) (1981–1993)
  • Under Secretary of State for Management (1981–1982)
  • Ambassador at Large (1982–1993)
• Henry L. Kimelman (1921–2009)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1980–1981)
• *Roger Kirk (1930–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia (1973–1975)
  • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Vienna) (1980–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Romania (1985–1989)
• Jeane Jordan Kirkpatrick (1926–2006)
  • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1981–1985)
• Constantine William Kontos (1922–2000)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sudan (1980–1983)
• Jerome M. Korcak (1937–)
  • Director of the Office of Medical Services (1980–1984)
• Robert C. Krueger (1935–)
  • Ambassador at Large (1979–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burundi (1994–1995)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Botswana (1996–1999)
• William Anthony Kirsopp Lake (1939–)
  • Director of Policy Planning (1977–1981)
• *George Walter Landau (1920–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1972–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1977–1982)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1982–1985)
• *George M. Lane (1928–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Yemen (1978–1981)
• *Lyle Franklin Lane (1926–2013)
  • Principal Officer, Cuba (1979)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1979–1980)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1980–1982)
• *Loren E. Lawrence (1926–1992)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jamaica (1979–1982)
• *Samuel Winfield Lewis (1930–2014)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1975–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel (1977–1985)
  • Director of Policy Planning (1993–1994)
• John Langeloth Loeb Jr. (1930–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1981–1983)
• John J. Louis Jr. (1925–1995)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1981–1983)
• *Stephen Low (1927–2010)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zambia (1976–1979)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria (1979–1981)
  • Director of the Foreign Service Institute (1982–1987)
• *James Gordon Lowenstein (1927–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1977–1981)
• Frank E. Loy (1928–)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Affairs (1980–1981)
  • Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights (1998–2001)
• *William Henry Luers (1929–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1978–1982)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1983–1986)
• James L. Malone (1931–1996)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (1981–1985)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belize (Nomination of January 22, 1986, withdrawn on October 14, 1986.)
  • Ambassador at Large (Not commissioned; nomination of Mar 8, 1982, was withdrawn before the Senate acted on it. Nominated as Ambassador at Large and Special Representative of the President for the Law of the Sea Conference, and Chief of Delegation.)
• Michael Joseph Mansfield (1903–2001)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1977–1988)
• Warren Demian Manshel (1924–1990)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1978–1981)
• *Charles E. Marthinsen (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Qatar (1980–1983)
• Anne Clark Martindell (1914–2008)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, New Zealand (1979–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Samoa (1979–1981)
• *Edward E. Masters (1924–2014)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bangladesh (1976–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (1977–1981)
• *Richard Cavins Matheron (1927–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Swaziland (1979–1982)
• *Jack Foust Matlock Jr. (1929–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1981–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1987–1991)
• Richard Lee McCall Jr. (1942–)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1980–1981)
• *Robert James McCloskey (1922–1996)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cyprus (1973–1974)
  • Ambassador at Large (1973–1975)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1975–1976)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1976–1978)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1978–1981)
• Robert Carl McFarlane (1937–)
  • Counselor (1981–1982)
• Gale McGee (1915–1992)
  • Permanent Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization of American States (Washington) (1977–1981)
• Donald F. McHenry (1936–)
  • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1979–1981)
• *Francis Terry McNamara (1927–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Gabon (1981–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sao Tome and Principe (1981–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cape Verde (1989–1992)
• *Francis J. McNeil (1932–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1980–1983)
• Melville Peter McPherson (1940–)
  • Administrator of the Agency for International Development (1981–1987)
• *Francis Joseph Meehan (1924–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1979–1980)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (1980–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, German Democratic Republic (1985–1988)
• *Harry Roberts Melone Jr. (1928–2009)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Rwanda (1979–1982)
• John William Middendorf II (1924–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1969–1973)
  • Permanent Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization of American States (Washington) (1981–1985)
  • Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1985–1987)
• David Charles Miller Jr. (1942–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tanzania (1981–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zimbabwe (1984–1986)
• Hugh Montgomery (1923–2017)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (1981–1985)
• Richard Menifee Moose (1932–2015)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1977–1981)
  • Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (1977)
  • Under Secretary of State for Management (1993–1996)
• Ambler Holmes Moss Jr. (1937–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Panama (1978–1982)
• Langhorne A. Motley (1938–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1981–1983)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1983–1985)
• *Richard William Murphy (1929–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritania (1971–1974)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Syria (1974–1978)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (1978–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1981–1983)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1983–1989)
  • Career Ambassador (1985)
• Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1914–1996)
  • Secretary of State (1980–1981)
• Julian Nava (1927–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1980–1981)
• *John Dimitri Negroponte (1939–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1981–1985)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (1985–1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1989–1993)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (1993–1996)
  • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (2001–2004)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iraq (2004–2005)
  • Deputy Secretary of State (2007–2009)
• Robert Dean Nesen (1918–2005)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Australia (1981–1985)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nauru (1981–1985)
• Robert Gerhard Neumann (1916–1999)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Afghanistan (1966–1973)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1973–1976)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1981)
• Barbara Warne Newell (1929–)
  • U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (1979–1981)
• *Michael H. Newlin (1926–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Algeria (1981–1985)
  • Representative of the U.S.A. to the Vienna Office of the United Nations (Vienna) (1988–1991)
• *David Dunlap Newsom (1918–2008)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Libya (1965–1969)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1969–1974)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (1973–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (1977–1978)
  • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1978–1981)
  • Secretary of State ad interim (1980)
  • Secretary of State ad interim (1980)
  • Secretary of State ad interim (1981)
• *Jerrold Martin North (1931–2006)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Djibouti (1980–1982)
• Keith Foote Nyborg (1930–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Finland (1981–1986)
• *Robert Bigger Oakley (1931–2014)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1979–1982)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia (1982–1984)
  • Director of the Bureau of Counterterrorism (1984–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1988–1991)
• *Herbert Stuart Okun (1930–2011)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, German Democratic Republic (1980–1983)
• *Francis Vincent Ortiz Jr. (1926–2005)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Barbados (1977–1979)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Grenada (1977–1979)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1979–1980)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1981–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1983–1986)
• *Henry David Owen (1920–2011)
  • Director of Policy Planning (1966–1969)
  • Ambassador at Large (1978–1981)
• Roberts Bishop Owen (1926–2016)
  • Legal Adviser (1979–1981)
• *Robert Peter Paganelli (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Qatar (1974–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Syria (1981–1984)
• *Ronald DeWayne Palmer (1932–2014)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo (1976–1978)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malaysia (1981–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritius (1986–1989)
• Victor Henry Palmieri (1930–)
  • Ambassador at Large (1979–1981)
• *Jack Richard Perry (1930–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1979–1981)
• *Donald K. Petterson (1930–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia (1978–1982)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tanzania (1986–1989)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sudan (1992–1995)
• *Lawrence A. Pezzulo (1926–2017)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1977–1979)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1979–1981)
• *Thomas Reeve Pickering (1931–)
  • Executive Secretary (1973–1974)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1974–1978)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (1978–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria (1981–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1983–1985)
  • Career Ambassador (1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel (1985–1988)
  • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1989–1992)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1992–1993)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1993–1996)
  • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1997–2000)
• *Larry G. Piper (1928–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Gambia (1980–1982)
• *Ernest Henry Preeg (1934–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1981–1983)
• Charles H. Price II (1931–2012)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1981–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1983–1989)
• *Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton (1934–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Central African Republic (1976–1978)
  • Director of the Bureau of Counterterrorism (1978–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1982–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kuwait (1984–1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1989–1992)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security (1992–1995)
  • Director General of the Foreign Service (1995–1997)
• Maxwell M. Rabb (1910–2002)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1981–1989)
• Sidney Anders Rand (1916–2003)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Norway (1979–1981)
• Myer Rashish (1924–1995)
  • Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment (1981–1982)
• *Nancy Vivian Rawls (1926–1985)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo (1974–1976)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Côte d’Ivoire (1979–1983)
• Benjamin Huger Read (1925–1993)
  • Executive Secretary (1963–1969)
  • Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (1977–1978)
  • Under Secretary of State for Management (1978–1981)
• John Hathaway Reed (1921–2012)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Maldives (1976–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1976–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Maldives (1981–1985)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1981–1985)
• Joseph Verner Reed Jr. (1937–2016)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1981–1985)
  • Chief of Protocol (1989–1991)
• *Rozanne Lejeanne Ridgway (1935–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Finland (1977–1980)
  • Counselor (1980–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, German Democratic Republic (1982–1985)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1985–1989)
• *George B. Roberts Jr. (1930–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guyana (1979–1981)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Laos (1979)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Kyrgyzstan (1994)
• Davis Rowland Robinson (1940–)
  • Legal Adviser (1981–1985)
• Paul Heron Robinson Jr. (1930–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Canada (1981–1985)
• *Fernando Enrique Rondon (1936–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Madagascar (1980–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Comoros (1982–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1985–1988)
• Eugene Victor Debs Rostow (1913–2002)
  • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1966–1969)
  • Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1981–1983)
• Herbert Salzman (1916–1990)
  • Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris) (1977–1981)
• *Harold Henry Saunders (1930–2016)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (1975–1978)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1978–1981)
• *Robert Marion Sayre (1924–2016)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1968–1969)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Panama (1969–1974)
  • Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service (1975–1978)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1978–1981)
  • Director of the Bureau of Counterterrorism (1982–1984)
• *M. Virginia Schafer (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Papua New Guinea (1981–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Solomon Islands (1981–1984)
• *David Taylor Schneider (1922–2014)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bangladesh (1978–1981)
• William B. Schwartz Jr. (1921–2010)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Bahamas (1977–1981)
• *Talcott Williams Seelye (1922–2006)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tunisia (1972–1976)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Syria (1978–1981)
• William Vincent Shannon (1927–1988)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ireland (1977–1981)
• Sally Angela Shelton (1944–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Barbados (1979–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominica (1979–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Grenada (1979–1981)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Saint Lucia (1979–1981)
• *Harry Walter Shlaudeman (1926–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1975–1976)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1976–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1977–1980)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1980–1983)
  • Ambassador at Large (1984–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1986–1989)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1990–1992)
• *Robert Powell Smith (1929–2012)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malta (1974–1976)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ghana (1976–1979)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liberia (1979–1981)
• *Thomas William Macauley Smith (1930–1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ghana (1979–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria (1984–1986)
• *James William Spain (1926–2008)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tanzania (1975–1979)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1980–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Maldives (1985–1989)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1985–1989)
• *Ronald Ian Spiers (1925–)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs (1969–1973)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Bahamas (1973–1974)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1977–1980)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (1980–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (1981–1983)
  • Under Secretary of State for Management (1983–1989)
  • Career Ambassador (1984)
• *Monteagle Stearns (1924–2016)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Côte d’Ivoire (1976–1979)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1981–1985)
• *Walter John Stoessel Jr. (1920–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (1968–1972)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1972–1974)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1973–1976)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1976–1981)
  • Career Ambassador (1981)
  • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1981–1982)
  • Deputy Secretary of State (1982)
  • Secretary of State ad interim (1982)
• *Galen Luther Stone (1921–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Laos (1975)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cyprus (1978–1981)
• Robert Strausz-Hupé (1903–2002)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Maldives (1970–1971)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1970–1971)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1972–1974)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1974–1976)
  • U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1976–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1981–1989)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Morocco (Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
• *Peter Adams Sutherland (1933–1994)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bahrain (1980–1983)
• Geoffrey Swaebe (1911–1997)
  • Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations (Geneva) (1981–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1983–1988)
• *William Lacy Swing (1934–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Brazzaville) (1979–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liberia (1981–1985)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1989–1992)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria (1992–1993)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1993–1998)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo (Kinshasa) (1998–2001)
• *Peter Tarnoff (1937–)
  • Executive Secretary (1977–1981)
  • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1993–1997)
• Daniel James Terra (1911–1996)
  • Ambassador at Large (1981–1989)
• *Harry E.T. Thayer (1927–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Singapore (1980–1984)
• Gerald Eustis Thomas (1929–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guyana (1981–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kenya (1983–1986)
• *Arthur T. Tienken (1922–2006)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Gabon (1978–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sao Tome and Principe (1978–1981)
• *Terence Alphonso Todman (1926–2014)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chad (1969–1972)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea (1972–1975)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1974–1977)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1977–1978)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1978–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1983–1989)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1989–1993)
  • Career Ambassador (1989)
• *Donald R. Toussaint (1927–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Maldives (1979–1982)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sri Lanka (1979–1982)
• *Thomas M. Tracy (1936–)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Administration (1979–1983)
• Philip R. Trimble (1937–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nepal (1980–1981)
• Abelardo Lopez Valdez (1942–)
  • Chief of Protocol (1979–1981)
• *Nicholas Alexander Veliotes (1928–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1978–1981)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1981–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1983–1986)
• *George Southall Vest (1918–)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs (1974–1977)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1977–1981)
  • Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1981–1985)
  • Director General of the Foreign Service (1985–1989)
  • Career Ambassador (1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan (Nomination withdrawn on May 5, 1977.)
• *Richard Noyes Viets (1930–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tanzania (1979–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jordan (1981–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal (Nomination of September 15, 1987, was not acted upon by the Senate.)
• *Richard David Vine (1925–2008)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1979–1981)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Affairs (1982)
• Robert Ferdinand Wagner Jr. (1910–1991)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1968–1969)
  • Personal Representative of the President, Holy See (1981)
• *Julius Waring Walker Jr. (1927–2003)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burkina Faso (1981–1984)
• Richard Louis Walker (1922–2003)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea (1981–1986)
• Vernon A. Walters (1917–2002)
  • Ambassador at Large (1981–1985)
  • Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations (1985–1989)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1989–1991)
• Barbara Mae Watson (1918–1983)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs (1968–1974)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs (1977–1980)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malaysia (1980–1981)
• Thomas J. Watson Jr. (1914–1993)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1979–1981)
• John Carl West (1922–2004)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1977–1981)
• *Robert Edward White (1926–2015)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1977–1980)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1980–1981)
• Faith Ryan Whittlesey (1939–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1981–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1985–1988)
• Charles Z. Wick (1917–2008)
  • Director of the U.S. Information Agency (1981–1989)
• *Marshall Wayne Wiley (1925–1998)
  • Principal Officer, Iraq (1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Oman (1978–1981)
• William A. Wilson (1914–2009)
  • Personal Representative of the President, Holy See (1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Holy See (1984–1986)
• *Frank G. Wisner II (1938–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zambia (1979–1982)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1986–1991)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Philippines (1991–1992)
  • Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (1992–1993)
  • Secretary of State ad interim (1993)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India (1994–1997)
  • Career Ambassador (1995)
• Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (1943–)
  • Director of Policy Planning (1981–1982)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1982–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia (1986–1989)
• *William Down Wolle (1928–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Oman (1974–1978)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Arab Emirates (1979–1981)
• Leonard F. Woodcock (1911–2001)
  • Chief, China (1977–1979)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (1979–1981)
• *Arthur H. Woodruff (1928–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Central African Republic (1981–1983)
• *Robert Lloyd Yost (1922–1990)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burundi (1972–1974)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1978–1982)
• *David Eugene Zweifel (1934–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Yemen (1981–1984)