Assistant Secretaries of State for Administration

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Julius C. Holmes
State of Residency: Kansas
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Dec 20, 1944
Entry on Duty: Jan 29, 1945
Termination of Appointment: Aug 17, 1945

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Frank McCarthy
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Aug 21, 1945
Entry on Duty: Sep 1, 1945
Termination of Appointment: Oct 11, 1945
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Sep 25, 1945.

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Donald S. Russell
State of Residency: South Carolina
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Sep 14, 1945
Entry on Duty: Sep 24, 1945
Termination of Appointment: Jan 20, 1947
Note: Commissioned on this date; designated from Oct 12, 1945.

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: John E. Peurifoy
State of Residency: South Carolina
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Mar 15, 1947
Entry on Duty: Mar 17, 1947
Termination of Appointment: Aug 10, 1950
Note: Designated Deputy Under Secretary for Administration from May 26, 1949.

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Carlisle H. Humelsine
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Jul 29, 1950
Entry on Duty: Aug 11, 1950
Termination of Appointment: Feb 13, 1953
Note: Designated Deputy Under Secretary for Administration.

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Edward T. Wailes
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: May 26, 1953
Entry on Duty: May 29, 1953
Termination of Appointment: Jun 22, 1954
Note: Designated Assistant Secretary for Personnel and Administration from Mar 26, 1954.

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Isaac W. Carpenter, Jr.
State of Residency: Nebraska
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Jun 16, 1954
Entry on Duty: Jun 23, 1954
Termination of Appointment: Jan 25, 1955
Note: Designated Assistant Secretary for Personnel and Administration.

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Loy W. Henderson
State of Residency: Colorado
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Jan 24, 1955
Entry on Duty: Jan 26, 1955
Termination of Appointment: Aug 9, 1955
Note: Commissioned as Assistant Secretary of State and designated Deputy Under Secretary for Administration.

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Isaac W. Carpenter, Jr.
State of Residency: Nebraska
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Aug 11, 1955
Entry on Duty: Aug 11, 1955
Termination of Appointment: Dec 15, 1957
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 25, 1956. Originally designated as Controller; Assistant Secretary for Administration from Oct 10, 1957.

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Walter K. Scott
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Feb 17, 1958
Entry on Duty: Mar 21, 1958
Termination of Appointment: Jul 22, 1959

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Lane Dwinell
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Jul 15, 1959
Entry on Duty: Jul 23, 1959
Termination of Appointment: Feb 3, 1961

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: William J. Crockett
State of Residency: Nebraska
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Feb 20, 1961
Entry on Duty: Feb 23, 1961
Termination of Appointment: Jun 7, 1963

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Dwight J. Porter
State of Residency: Nebraska
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Oct 1, 1963
Entry on Duty: Oct 2, 1963
Termination of Appointment: Mar 28, 1965

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Francis G. Meyer
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Sep 26, 1969
Entry on Duty: Sep 26, 1969
Termination of Appointment: May 31, 1971

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Joseph F. Donelan, Jr.
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Jun 14, 1971
Entry on Duty: Jun 14, 1971
Termination of Appointment: Mar 31, 1973

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: John M. Thomas
State of Residency: Iowa
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Nov 23, 1973
Entry on Duty: Nov 23, 1973
Termination of Appointment: Jun 28, 1979

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Thomas M. Tracy
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Sep 20, 1979
Entry on Duty: Sep 25, 1979
Termination of Appointment: Aug 30, 1983

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Robert E. Lamb
State of Residency: Georgia
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Nov 14, 1983
Entry on Duty: Dec 19, 1983
Termination of Appointment: July 1, 1985
Note: Designated Assistant Secretary for Administration and Security, Jan 22,
1985. Assumed duties as Coordinator of the Office of Security. Designated Director of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security Nov 4, 1985.

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Donald J. Bouchard
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Dec 6, 1985
Entry on Duty: Dec 12, 1985
Termination of Appointment: Nov 30, 1987

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Sheldon Jack Krys
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Jul 11, 1988
Entry on Duty: Jul 13, 1988
Termination of Appointment: Aug 7, 1989
Note: Designated Assistant Secretary for Administration and Information Management from Aug 15, 1988.

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Arthur W. Fort
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Appointment: Aug 7, 1989
Entry on Duty: Aug 9, 1989
Termination of Appointment: Jan 8, 1993
Note: Designated Assistant Secretary for Administration and Information Management until Dec 6, 1989.

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Patrick Francis Kennedy
State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: May 12, 1993
Entry on Duty: May 20, 1993
Termination of Appointment:

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: William A. Eaton
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Jul 12, 2001
Entry on Duty: Jul 13, 2001
Termination of Appointment: May 25, 2005
Note: Nomination of Mar 20, 2000, not acted upon by the Senate.

Title: Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
Name: Rajkumar Chellaraj
State of Residency: Texas
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: May 30, 2006
Entry on Duty: June 5, 2006
Termination of Appointment:

Creation of Position: The Department of State created the position of Assistant Secretary of State for Administration during a general reorganization in December 1944, after Congress authorized an increase in the number of Assistant Secretaries in the Department from four to six (Dec 8, 1944; P.L. 78-472; 58 Stat. 798). The reorganization was the first to designate substantive designations for specific Assistant Secretary positions. The title for this position has varied over the years. Assistant Secretaries for Administration have supervised a variety of functions ranging from budget and personnel matters to foreign buildings and record keeping. Several of these functions, such as accounting and diplomatic security have become the responsibility of newly created bureaus.