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Trinidad & Tobago

Note: The Embassy in Port-of-Spain was established on Aug 31, 1962, with William H. Christensen as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.

Name: Robert G. Miner
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 23, 1962
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 1, 1962
Termination of Mission: Left post Sep 18, 1967

Name: William A. Costello
State of Residency: Minnesota
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 13, 1967
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 26, 1967
Termination of Mission: Left post Mar 17, 1969

Name: J. Fife Symington, Jr.
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 8, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 11, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post Nov 14, 1971

Name: Anthony D. Marshall
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 15, 1972
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 22, 1972
Termination of Mission: Left post Dec 27, 1973
Note: An earlier nomination of Dec 7, 1971 was not acted upon by the Senate.

Name: Lloyd I. Miller
State of Residency: Ohio
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 19, 1973
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 8, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post May 23, 1975

Name: Albert B. Fay
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 4, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 17, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post Apr 5, 1977

Name: Richard K. Fox, Jr.
State of Residency: Minnesota
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 8, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 21, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 16, 1979

Name: Irving G. Cheslaw
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 28, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 18, 1979
Termination of Mission: Left post Sep 1, 1981

Name: Melvin Herbert Evans
State of Residency: Virgin Islands
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 1, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 1, 1982
Termination of Mission: Died at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, on Nov 27, 1984
Note: Evans had left post on Nov 21, 1984.

Name: Sheldon J. Krys
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 12, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 19, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left post Apr 24, 1988

Name: Charles A. Gargano
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 15, 1988
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 9, 1988
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 7, 1991

Name: Sally G. Cowal
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 2, 1991
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 27, 1991
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 22, 1994

Name: Brian J. Donnelly
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 5, 1994
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 5, 1994
Termination of Mission: Left post Sep 24, 1997

Name: Edward E. Shumaker, 3rd
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 24, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 13, 1998
Termination of Mission: Left post Mar 31, 2001

Name: Roy L. Austin
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 1, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 6, 2001
Termination of Mission:

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