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Council of American Ambassadors

ORGANIZATION

Nonprofit, non-partisan organization. Founded in 1983.

Official Website:
http://www.americanambassadors.org/

Founding Date:
1983

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
David Abshire
Diplomat
11-Apr-1926 31-Oct-2014 US Ambassador to NATO, 1983-87
Madeleine Albright
Diplomat
15-May-1937   Bill Clinton's Secretary of State
Leonore Annenberg
Socialite
20-Feb-1918 12-Mar-2009 Wife of Walter Annenberg
George Argyros
Business
4-Feb-1937   Billionaire
Anne L. Armstrong
Government
27-Dec-1927 30-Jul-2008 US Ambassador to the UK, 1976-77
Elizabeth F. Bagley
Diplomat
13-Feb-1952   US Ambassador to Portugal, 1994-97
Howard Baker
Government
15-Nov-1925 26-Jun-2014 Reagan's Chief of Staff, 1987-88
H. Douglas Barclay
Diplomat
5-Jul-1932   US Ambassador to El Salvador, 2003-07
Stuart Bernstein
Diplomat
9-Apr-1938   US Ambassador to Denmark, 2001-05
Teel Bivins
Politician
22-Nov-1947 26-Oct-2009 US Ambassador to Sweden, 2004-06
James J. Blanchard
Politician
8-Aug-1942   Governor of Michigan, 1983-91
Julia Chang Bloch
Diplomat
1942   US Ambassador to Nepal, 1989
Lindy Boggs
Politician
13-Mar-1916 27-Jul-2013 Congresswoman from Louisiana, 1973-91
Stephen Brauer
Business
1945   US Ambassador to Belgium, 2001-03
Carol Moseley Braun
Politician
16-Aug-1947   First black female US Senator
Richard R. Burt
Diplomat
3-Feb-1947   US Ambassador to Germany, 1985-89
George H.W. Bush
Head of State
12-Jun-1924   41st US President, 1989-93
Cesar B. Cabrera
Business
?   US Ambassador to Mauritius
Richard W. Carlson
Diplomat
1941   US Ambassador to the Seychelles, 1991-92
Henry Catto
Diplomat
6-Dec-1930 18-Dec-2011 US Ambassador to the UK, 1989-91
Paul L. Cejas
Business
1943   US Ambassador to Belgium, 1998-2001
Anne Cox Chambers
Business
1-Dec-1919   Billionaire, former US Ambassador to Belgium
William J. Crowe, Jr.
Government
2-Jan-1925 18-Oct-2007 US Navy Admiral
Walter J. P. Curley
Business
17-Sep-1922   US Ambassador to France, 1989-93
K. Terry Dornbush
Business
1933   US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1994-98
Diana Lady Dougan
Diplomat
13-Jan-1943   Former US Ambassador
Robin Chandler Duke
Activist
13-Oct-1923   Former president of NARAL
Richard J. Egan
Business
28-Feb-1936 28-Aug-2009 Co-Founder, EMC Corporation
Stuart Eizenstat
Diplomat
15-Jan-1943   US Ambassador to the EU, 1993-96
Edward E. Elson
Diplomat
c. 1934   US Ambassador to Denmark, 1994-98
March Fong Eu
Politician
29-Mar-1922   California Secretary of State, 1975-93
Patricia Lynch Ewell
Diplomat
20-Apr-1926 4-Dec-2011 US Ambassador to Madagascar, 1986-89
Joseph S. Farland
Diplomat
11-Aug-1914 28-Jan-2007 US Ambassador to Iran, 1972-73
Glenn W. Ferguson
Educator
28-Jan-1929 20-Dec-2007 University president, Ambassador to Kenya
Tom Foley
Politician
6-Mar-1929 18-Oct-2013 Speaker of the House, 1989-95
Ford M. Fraker
Business
c. 1949   US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
J. Richard Fredericks
Business
1945   US Ambassador to Switzerland, 1999-2001
Bruce S. Gelb
Diplomat
24-Feb-1927   US Ambassador to Belgium, 1991-93
Steven J. Green
Business
17-Jul-1945   US Ambassador to Singapore, 1998-2001
Donald P. Gregg
Government
12-Dec-1927   National Security Adviser to VP Bush
Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon
Diplomat
4-Sep-1942   US Ambassador to Chile, 1994-98
Kathryn Walt Hall
Diplomat
1947   US Ambassador to Austria, 1997-2001
Lloyd N. Hand
Attorney
31-Jan-1929   Chief of Protocol for Johnson
W. Averell Harriman
Diplomat
15-Nov-1891 26-Jul-1986 Ambassador to USSR, Governor of NY
Anthony S. Harrington
Diplomat
9-Mar-1941   US Ambassador to Brazil, 2000-01
Ulric Haynes
Diplomat
8-Jun-1931   US Ambassador to Algeria, 1977-81
Charles A. Heimbold, Jr.
Business
27-May-1933   CEO of Bristol Myers Squibb, 1994-2001
Richard C. Holbrooke
Diplomat
24-Apr-1941 13-Dec-2010 US Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan
Glen A. Holden
Business
2-Jul-1927   US Ambassador to Jamaica, 1989-93
Charles W. Hostler
Diplomat
12-Dec-1919 28-Sep-2014 US Ambassador to Bahrain, 1989-93
Roy M. Huffington
Business
4-Oct-1917 11-Jul-2008 Texas Oilman
William J. Hughes
Politician
17-Oct-1932   Congressman from New Jersey, 1975-95
Robert S. Ingersoll
Diplomat
28-Jan-1914 22-Aug-2010 CEO of Borg-Warner, 1958-72
Brenda LaGrange Johnson
Business
?   US Ambassador to Jamaica
James R. Jones
Diplomat
5-May-1939   US Ambassador to Mexico, 1993-97
Philip M. Kaiser
Diplomat
12-Jul-1913 24-May-2007 US Ambassador to Austria, 1980-81
Max Kampelman
Diplomat
7-Nov-1920 25-Jan-2013 US Ambassador to the CSCE
James C. Kenny
Diplomat
c. 1954   US Ambassador to Ireland, 2003-06
Penne Percy Korth
Diplomat
3-Nov-1942   US Ambassador to Mauritius, 1989-92
Philip Lader
Government
1946   US Ambassador to the UK, 1997-2001
Laurence W. Lane, Jr.
Publisher
7-Nov-1919 31-Jul-2010 US Ambassador to Australia, 1986-89
Delano E. Lewis
Diplomat
12-Nov-1938   US Ambassador to South Africa, 2000-01
Clare Boothe Luce
Politician
10-Apr-1903 9-Oct-1987 Congresswoman, wife of Henry R. Luce
Richard T. McCormack
Diplomat
6-Mar-1941   US Ambassador to the OAS, 1985-89
George McGovern
Politician
19-Jul-1922 21-Oct-2012 US Senator from South Dakota, 1963-81
Gerald S. McGowan
Attorney
3-Sep-1946   US Ambassador to Portugal, 1998-2001
J. William Middendorf II
Diplomat
22-Sep-1924   Ford's Secretary of the Navy
David C. Miller
Diplomat
15-Jul-1942   US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, 1984-86
Thomas A. Nassif
Business
22-Jul-1941   US Ambassador to Morocco, 1985-88
Edward N. Ney
Business
26-May-1925 8-Jan-2014 CEO of Young & Rubicam, 1970-86
Julian M. Niemczyk
Military
26-Aug-1920 16-Sep-2009 US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1986-89
Vincent Obsitnik
Business
1938   US Ambassador to Slovakia
Lyndon L. Olson
Diplomat
1947   US Ambassador to Sweden, 1998-2001
John Ong
Diplomat
29-Sep-1933   US Ambassador to Norway, 2002-05
John Palmer
Diplomat
1934   US Ambassador to Portugal, 2001-04
Joseph Carlton Petrone
Diplomat
30-Nov-1922   US Ambassador to UN in Europe, 1987-89
Charles J. Pilliod, Jr.
Business
20-Oct-1918   CEO of Goodyear, 1974-83
Charles H. Price II
Diplomat
1-Apr-1931 12-Jan-2012 US Ambassador to the UK, 1983-89
John Price
Diplomat
18-Aug-1933   US Ambassador to Mauritius, 2002-05
Kathryn L. H. Proffitt
Diplomat
1951   US Ambassador to Malta, 1998-2001
Joseph W. Prueher
Diplomat
25-Nov-1942   US Ambassador to China, 1999-2001
James W. Rawlings
Business
12-Oct-1929 1-Nov-2013 President of Union Carbide South Africa, 1979-86
Joseph Verner Reed
Government
17-Dec-1937   US Ambassador to Morocco, 1981-85
Mercer Reynolds
Politician
17-Jun-1945   Chief fundraiser behind GWB presidential campaigns
Bill Richardson
Politician
15-Nov-1947   Governor of New Mexico, 2003-11
Joe M. Rodgers
Business
12-Nov-1933 2-Feb-2009 US Ambassador to France, 1985-89
Felix Rohatyn
Business
29-May-1928   Financier, Lazard Frères
Donald Rumsfeld
Government
9-Jul-1932   US Secretary of Defense, 1975-77 and 2001-06
Tom Schieffer
Diplomat
4-Oct-1947   US Ambassador to Japan, 2005-09
Rockwell Schnabel
Diplomat
30-Dec-1936   US Ambassador to the EU, 2001-05
Cynthia P. Schneider
Scholar
16-Aug-1953   US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1998-2001
William W. Scranton
Politician
19-Jul-1917 28-Jul-2013 Governor of Pennsylvania, 1963-67
Peter Secchia
Diplomat
15-Apr-1937   US Ambassador to Italy, 1989-93
Mel Sembler
Diplomat
10-May-1930   US Ambassador to Italy, 2001-05
Martin Silverstein
Diplomat
1954   US Ambassador to Uruguay, 2001-05
Elliott P. Skinner
Scholar
20-Jun-1924 1-Apr-2007 US Ambassador to Upper Volta, 1966-69
Clifford Sobel
Diplomat
1949   US Ambassador to Brazil
Michael G. Sotirhos
Business
12-Nov-1928   US Ambassador to Greece, 1989-93
Joan Spero
Diplomat
2-Oct-1944   Under Secretary of State, 1993-97
Carl Spielvogel
Business
27-Dec-1928   Advertising executive, Bates Worldwide
Robert S. Strauss
Diplomat
19-Oct-1918 19-Mar-2014 US Ambassador to Russia, 1991-92
Phillips Talbot
Diplomat
7-Jun-1915 1-Oct-2010 US Ambassador to Greece, 1965-69
Shirley Temple
Actor
23-Apr-1928 10-Feb-2014 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Peter Terpeluk, Jr.
Diplomat
18-Feb-1948 23-Aug-2011 US Ambassador to Luxembourg, 2002-05
William vanden Heuvel
Diplomat
14-Apr-1930   US Ambassador to the UN Europe, 1977-79
Frederick Vreeland
Diplomat
24-Jun-1927   US Ambassador to Morocco, 1992-93
Diane Watson
Politician
12-Nov-1933   Congresswoman from California, 2001-11
John Giffen Weinmann
Attorney
29-Aug-1928   White House Chief of Protocol, 1991-93
Ronald Weiser
Diplomat
7-Jul-1945   US Ambassador to Slovakia, 2001-04
Benson K. Whitney
Diplomat
1956   US Ambassador to Norway
Faith Ryan Whittlesey
Diplomat
21-Feb-1939   Twice US Ambassador to Switzerland
C. Howard Wilkins, Jr.
Business
1938   US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1989-92
Pamela Willeford
Government
Mar-1950   US Ambassador to Switzerland 2003-06
Joseph Zappala
Diplomat
1945   US Ambassador to Spain, 1989-92




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