Ambassadorial Appointments - Gerald Ford


Total Appointments: 97

Career Appointments: 60 or 61.9%

Political Appointments: 37 or 38.2%

Post Ambassador Career/Political Dates of Service
Algeria Richard B. Parker Career 1974-1977
       
Argentina No Appointments    
       
Australia and Nauru James Ward Hargrove Political 1976-1977
       
Austria Wiley Thomas Buchanan Political 1975-1977
       
Bahamas Seymour Weiss Political 1975-1976
  Jack B. Olson Political 1976-1977
       
Bahrain Wat Tyler Cluverius Career 1976-1978
       
Bangladesh Edward E. Masters Career 1976-1977
       
Barbados and Granada Theodore Roosevelt Britton Political 1974-1977
       
Belgium No Appointments    
       
Benin No Appointments    
       
Bolivia No Appointments    
       
Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland Donald Richard Norland Career 1976-1979
       
Brazil No Appointments    
       
Bulgaria No Appointments    
       
Burkina Faso No Appointments    
       
Burma No Appointments    
       
Burundi No Appointments    
       
Cambodia No Appointments    
       
Cameroon Herbert John Spiro Political 1975-1977
       
Canada Thomas Ostrom Enders Career 1975-1979
       
Central African Republic Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton Career 1976-1978
       
Chad Edward Southard Little Career 1974-1976
  William G. Bradford Career 1976-1979
       
Chile No Appointments    
       
China George H. W. Bush Political 1974-1975
  Thomas Sovereign Gates Political 1976-
       
Colombia Phillip Victor Sanchez Political 1976-1977
       
Congo No Appointments    
       
Costa Rica Terence Alphonso Todman Career 1974-1977
       
Cote d'Ivoire Monteagle Stearns Career 1976-1979
       
Cyprus William Rex Crawford Career 1974-1978
       
Czechoslovakia Thomas Ryan Byrne Career 1976-1978
       
Denmark John Gunther Dean Career 1975-1978
       
Dominican Republic No Appointments    
       
Ecuador Richard Joseph Bloomfield Career 1976-1978
       
Egypt No Appointments    
       
El Salvador Ignacio E. Lozano Political 1976-1977
       
Equatorial Guinea Herbert John Spiro Political 1975-
       
Ethiopia Arthur William Hummel Career 1975-1976
       
Fiji No Appointments    
       
Finland Marcus Jacob (Mark Evans) Austad Political 1975-1977
       
France Kenneth Rush Political 1974-1977
       
Gabon and Sao Tome & Principe Andrew Lee Steigman Career 1975-1977
       
Gambia No Appointments    
       
German Democratic Republic John Sherman Cooper Political 1974-1976
       
Germany Walter John Stoessel Career 1976-1981
       
Ghana Shirley Jane Temple Black Political 1974-1976
  Robert Powell Smith Career 1976-1979
       
Greece Jack Bloom Kubisch Career 1974-1977
       
Guatemala Davis Eugene Boster Career 1976-1979
       
Guinea William Caldwell Harrop Career 1975-1977
       
Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde Melissa Foelsch Wells Career 1976-1977
       
Guyana No Appointments    
       
Haiti No Appointments    
     
Honduras Ralph Elihu Becker Political 1976-1977
       
Hungary Eugene Vincent McAuliffe Career 1975-1976
       
Iceland James Joseph Blake Career 1976-1978
       
India William Bart Saxbe Political 1975-1976
       
Indonesia No Appointments    
       
Iran No Appointments    
       
Ireland Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Political 1975-1977
       
Israel Malcolm Toon Career 1975-1976
       
Italy No Appointments    
       
Jamaica No Appointments    
       
Japan No Appointments    
       
Jordan No Appointments    
       
Kenya No Appointments    
       
Kiribati No Appointments    
       
Korea (South) No Appointments    
       
Kuwait Frank Eusebio Maestrone Career 1976-1979
       
Laos Galen Luther Stone Career 1975-
  Thomas James Corcoran Career 1975-1978
       
Lebanon Francis Edward Meloy Career 1976-1976
       
Liberia William Beverly Carter Career 1976-1979
       
Luxembourg Rosemary Lucas Ginn Political 1976-1977
       
Madagascar and Comoros No Appointments    
       
Malawi No Appointments    
       
Malaysia No Appointments    
       
Mali Patricia Mary Byrne Career 1976-1979
       
Malta Lowell Bruce Laingen Career 1976-1979
       
Mauritania Holsey Gates Handyside Career 1975-1977
       
Mauritius Robert Vossler Keeley Career 1976-1978
       
Mexico No Appointments    
       
Morocco Robert Anderson Career 1976-1978
       
Mozambique Willard Ames De Pree Career 1976-1980
       
NATO David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce Political 1974-1976
  Robert Strausz-Hupe Political 1976-1977
       
Nepal Marquita Moseley Maytag Political 1976-1977
       
Netherlands Robert James McCloskey Career 1976-1978
       
New Zealand No Appointments    
       
Nicaragua James Daniel Theberge Political 1975-1977
       
Niger Charles A. James Political 1976-1979
       
Nigeria Donald Boyd Easum Career 1975-1979
       
Norway William Allison Anders Political 1976-1977
       
Oman No Appointments    
       
Pakistan No Appointments    
       
Panama No Appointments    
       
Papua New Guinea Mary Seymour Olmsted Career 1975-1979
       
Paraguay No Appointments    
       
Peru No Appointments    
       
Philippines No Appointments    
       
Poland No Appointments    
       
Portugal Frank Charles Carlucci Career 1974-1978
       
Qatar No Appointments    
       
Romania No Appointments    
       
Rwanda Trusten Frank Crigler Career 1976-1979
       
Saudi Arabia William James Porter Career 1975-1977
       
Senegal No Appointments    
       
Seychelles Anthony Dryden Marshall Political 1976-1977
       
Sierra Leone Michael Anthony Samuels Political 1974-1977
       
Singapore John Herbert Holdridge Career 1975-1978
       
Somalia John Lewis Loughran Career 1975-1978
       
South Africa William Garton Bowdler Career 1975-1978
       
Soviet Union Malcolm Toon Career 1976-1979
       
Spain Wells Stabler Career 1975-1978
       
Sri Lanka and Maldives John Hathaway Reed Political 1976-1977
       
Sudan No Appointments    
       
Suriname Joseph Owen Zurhellen Career 1976-1977
       
Sweden David Shiverick Smith Political 1976-1977
       
Switzerland Peter Hoyt Dominick Political 1975-1975
  Nathaniel Davis Career 1975-1977
       
Syria Richard William Murphy Career 1974-1978
       
Tanzania James William Spain Career 1975-1979
       
Thailand Charles Sheldon Whitehouse Career 1975-1978
       
Togo Ronald DeWayne Palmer Career 1976-1978
       
Tonga No Appointments    
       
Trinidad & Tobago Albert Bel Fay Political 1976-1977
       
Tunisia Edward William Mulcahy Career 1976-1979
       
Turkey No Appointments    
       
Uganda No Appointments    
       
United Arab Emirates Francois Moussiegt Dickman Career 1976-1979
       
United Kingdom Elliot Lee Richardson Political 1975-1976
  Anne Legendre Armstrong Political 1976-1977

 

      
United Nations Daniel Patrick Moynihan Political 1975-1976
  William Warren Scranton Political 1976-1977
       
UN/Geneva Henry Edward Catto Jr. Political 1976-1977

 

      
Uruguay No Appointments    
       

Venezuela

 Harry Walter Shlaudeman Career 1975-1976
  Viron Peter Vaky Career 1976-1978
       
Yemen Thomas James Scotes Career 1974-1978
       
Yugoslavia Laurence Hirsch Silberman Political 1975-1976
       
Zaire Walter Leon Cutler Career 1975-1979
       
Zambia Stephen Low Career 1976-1979

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