US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

Agency in charge of public diplomacy, formed 1953. Called the US International Communication Agency from 1978-82. Merged into the US State Department in 1998, its old functions supervised by the US Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy. See also Voice of America.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Abshire	Diplomat	11-Apr-1926	31-Oct-2014	US Ambassador to NATO, 1983-87
George V. Allen	Diplomat	3-Nov-1903	11-Jul-1970	US Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48
William Peter Blatty	Author	7-Jan-1928		The Exorcist
Leslie L. Byrne	Politician	28-Oct-1946		Congresswoman from Virginia, 1993-95
Brian E. Carlson	Diplomat	1947		US Ambassador to Latvia, 2001-04
Henry Catto	Diplomat	6-Dec-1930	18-Dec-2011	US Ambassador to the UK, 1989-91
Michael DeBakey	Doctor	7-Sep-1908	11-Jul-2008	Father of cardiovascular surgery
Bruce S. Gelb	Diplomat	24-Feb-1927		US Ambassador to Belgium, 1991-93
Bruce Herschensohn	Activist	10-Sep-1932		Conservative activist
Mark W. Huddleston	Educator	c. 1950		President, University of New Hampshire
Linda Jewell	Diplomat	c. 1953		US Ambassador to Ecuador
Sheila Crump Johnson	Business	1949		Billionaire
Kenton Keith	Diplomat	12-Nov-1939		US Ambassador to Qatar, 1992-95
Arthur Larson	Politician	4-Jul-1910	27-Mar-1993	Moderate conservative thinker
Leslie Lenkowsky	Government	30-Mar-1946		Philanthropic Studies
John F. Maisto	Diplomat	28-Aug-1938		US Ambassador to the OAS, 2003-06
Leonard H. Marks	Diplomat	5-Mar-1916	11-Aug-2006	Washington lawyer, diplomat
Barbara C. Moore	Diplomat	c. 1951		US Ambassador to Nicaragua, 2002-05
Sheila Nevins	Film/TV Producer	6-Apr-1939		President, HBO Documentary and Family
David D. Newsom	Diplomat	6-Jan-1918	30-Mar-2008	US Ambassador to Philippines, 1977-78
John Reinhardt	Diplomat	8-Mar-1920		US Ambassador to Nigeria, 1971-75
Thomas B. Robertson	Diplomat	?		US Ambassador to Slovenia, 2004-07
Christopher W. S. Ross	Diplomat	3-Mar-1943		US Ambassador to Syria, 1991-98
Carl Rowan	Columnist	11-Aug-1925	23-Sep-2000	Chicago Sun-Times columnist
William A. Rugh	Diplomat	10-May-1936		US Ambassador to Yemen, 1984-87
John D. Scanlan	Diplomat	20-Dec-1927	20-Nov-2007	US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1985-89
Gabriel Schoenfeld	Government	c. 1955		Hudson Institute scholar, Necessary Secrets
Frank Shakespeare	Diplomat	9-Apr-1925		US Ambassador to the Vatican, 1986-89
Daniel Simpson	Diplomat	9-Jul-1939		US Ambassador to the Congo, 1995-98
Monteagle Stearns	Diplomat	5-Dec-1924		US Ambassador to Greece, 1981-85
Marcelle M. Wahba	Diplomat	1948		US Ambassador to the UAE, 2001-04
Charles Z. Wick	Government	12-Oct-1917	20-Jul-2008	Director of the USIA, 1981-89
Ernest J. Wilson III	Educator	c. 1948		Dean, Annenberg School for Communication

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