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United Nations European Office (Geneva)

Name: Henry S. Villard
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Minister; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the European Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations
Appointment: [Jun 15, 1958]
Termination of Appointment: Aug 3, 1960
Note: Designated, not commissioned.

Name: Graham A. Martin
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the European Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations
Appointment: [Sep 18, 1960]
Termination of Appointment: Apr 15, 1962
Note: Designated, not commissioned.

Name: Roger W. Tubby
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the European Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations
Appointment: [Oct 18, 1967]
Termination of Appointment: Sep 24, 1969
Note: Commissioned on Oct 18, 1967. Not commissioned at the time of his original
designation, Apr 2, 1962.

Name: Idar Rimestad
State of Residency: North Dakota
Foreign Service officer
Title: Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the European Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations
Appointment: Sep 26, 1969
Termination of Appointment: Jun 16, 1973

Name: Francis L. Dale
State of Residency: Ohio
Non-career appointee
Title: Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the European Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations
Appointment: Dec 19, 1973
Termination of Appointment: Jul 1, 1976

Name: Henry E. Catto, Jr.
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the European Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations
Appointment: Jul 1, 1976
Termination of Appointment: Apr 4, 1977

Name: William J. Vanden Heuvel
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the European Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations
Appointment: Jul 1, 1979
Termination of Appointment: Dec 5, 1979

Name: Gerald Bernard Helman
State of Residency: Michigan
Foreign Service officer
Title: Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the European Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations
Appointment: Dec 6, 1979
Termination of Appointment: Oct 13, 1981

Name: Geoffrey Swaebe
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the European Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations
Appointment: Nov 8, 1981
Termination of Appointment: Nov 17, 1983

Name: Gerald P. Carmen
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Non-career appointee
Title: Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the European Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations
Appointment: Apr 12, 1984
Termination of Appointment: Aug 31, 1986

Name: Joseph C. Petrone
State of Residency: Iowa
Non-career appointee
Title: Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the European Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations
Appointment: Mar 12, 1987
Termination of Appointment: Jul 27, 1989

Name: Morris Berthold Abram
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the European Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations
Appointment: May 12, 1989
Termination of Appointment: Mar 19, 1993

Name: Daniel L. Spiegel
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the European Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations
Appointment: Nov 4, 1993
Termination of Appointment:

Name: George Edward Moose
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the European Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations
Appointment: Nov 18, 1997
Termination of Appointment:

Name: Patrick Francis Kennedy
State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Title: Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the European Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations
Appointment: [see Note below]
Note: Nomination of Feb 24, 2000, not acted upon by the Senate.

Name: Kevin E. Moley
State of Residency: Arizona
Non-career appointee
Title: Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the European Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations
Appointment: Oct 1, 2001
Termination of Appointment: April 30, 2006

Name: Warren W. Tichenor
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the European Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations
Appointment: May 30, 2006
Termination of Appointment:


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