1. Joel Barlow (1754)

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An American poet and political figure, he is famous for his nine-volume poetic work, Vision of Columbus, and for his poem, The Hasty Pudding. Also an important diplomat, he helped...

2. Alphonso Taft (1810)

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American politician and lawyer who served as Attorney General from 1876 to 1877. He also served as Secretary of War for two months in 1876.

3. Thomas Nelson Page (1853)

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An American lawyer and postbellum writer, he is known for his nostalgic, Old South-themed works. His novels include Two Little Confederates, In Ole Virginia, Red Rock, and The Old South.

4. Brand Whitlock (1869)

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Attorney, Independent politician, and four-term Mayor of Toledo, Ohio. Also a journalist, he wrote for The Chicago Herald during the early 1890s.

5. Joseph E. Davies (1876)

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U.S. ambassador to Russia in the years leading up to WW II who wrote the highly popular memoir Mission to Moscow. He also served as the US Ambassador to Belgium...

6. Adlai Stevenson II (1900)

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Illinois governor and member of the Democratic party who ran for president in 1952 and 1956. He was also the 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations was known...

7. John Kenneth Galbraith (1908)

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Harvard economist who wrote the bestselling trilogy of American Capitalism (1952), The Affluent Society (1958), and The New Industrial State (1967). He also served as editor of Fortune magazine and...

8. Eugenie Anderson (1909)

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Appointed by President Truman as United States Ambassador to Denmark in 1949. She was the first woman to reach a senior diplomatic post of that level.

9. Leonard Woodcock (1911)

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United Auto Workers president and American ambassador to mainland China. He helped negotiate the first trade agreement with China, known as the Most Favored Nations agreement.

10. Nicole Avant (1968)

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Daughter of Clarence Avant who is a music executive and chairman of Motown Records. She is known for being the former Ambassador to Barbados from 2009 to 2011.  

11. Harlan Cleveland (1918)

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Author, statesman and former U.S. ambassador to NATO who was a recognized expert on international relations and economic warfare. He has written over twelve books including The Knowledge Executive in...

12. Pamela Harriman (1920)

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Best known as the one-time daughter-in-law of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, this United Kingdom socialite became an American citizen in the early 1970s and, shortly thereafter, a Democratic activist...

13. Barry Zorthian (1920)

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Spokesman for the U.S. government in the 1960s, who became a key player in the military-press relations during the Vietnam War. He retired from the Marine Corps Reserve as a...

14. Warren Christopher (1925)

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Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton who helped broker the Bosnian peace accords and investigate the Rodney King beating. He has been criticized for his lack of action during the Rwandan Genocide in...

15. Andrew Young (1932)

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Former Mayor of Atlanta and Congressman from Georgia who was a leader in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In 1977 he...

16. Bob Simon (1941)

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A longtime 60 Minutes host who won more than 20 News & Documentary Emmy Awards in his career. He covered his first 60 Minutes story as a correspondent in 1996.

17. Dennis Ross (1948)

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Known for his diplomatic work during the presidential administrations of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama, he held such titles as U.S. State Department...

18. Derek Mitchell (1964)

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After directing Asian programming for Washington, D.C.'s National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, this diplomat oversaw Asian and Pacific Security Affairs in the United States Defense Department and went on...

19. Susan Rice (1964)

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The 27th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013 who became 24th National Security Advisor the year she left that post.

20. Gary Locke (1950)

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The 21st Governor of Washington from 1997 to 2005 who served in the Obama administration as United States Secretary of Commerce from 2009 to 2011.

21. Don Beyer (1950)

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Democratic politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1998. In 2014, he launched a campaign for the eighth-district Virginia seat in the United States House of...

22. Zalmay Khalilzad (1951)

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US Ambassador to the United Nations from 2007 to 2009 who was also the United States Ambassador to Iraq.

23. Michael McFaul (1963)

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American scholar and professor of political science who was the United States Ambassador to Russia from 2012-14. He was previously the Special Assistant to the President at the U.S. National Security Council...

24. Thomas C. Foley (1952)

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Republican politician who served the U.S. as its Ambassador to Ireland from 2006 to 2009.

25. James Steinberg (1953)

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After serving as the Deputy Secretary of State 2009 to 2011, he became a Dean at Syracuse University.

26. Raymond Allen Davis incident (1974)

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Raymond Allen Davis is a former United States Army soldier private security firm employee and contractor with the Central Intelligence Agency. On January 27 2011 Davis killed two reportedly armed...

27. Sam Fox (1989)

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Sam Fox is an American businessman in St. Louis. He was the United States Ambassador to Belgium from April 11 2007 until January 2 2009. President George W. Bush appointed...

28. Bruce Laingen (1922)

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Lowell Bruce Laingen was the senior American official held hostage during the Iran hostage crisis.

29. Samuel Rhea Gammon III (1924)

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Samuel Rhea Gammon III was an American diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Mauritius under the Carter Administration. He also served as the Deputy Of Mission under ambassadors Kenneth...

30. Francis Terry McNamara (1927)

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s Terry McNamara is a retired career Foreign Service Officer ambassador and author.

31. Anne Armstrong (1927)

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American novelist see Anne W. Armstrong. Anne Legendre Armstrong was a United States diplomat and politician and the first female Counselor to the President; she served in that capacity under...

32. Stephen Mull (1958)

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Stephen D. Mull is a Senior Foreign Service officer and United States Ambassador to Poland who previously served as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs and United States...

33. Jack F. Matlock, Jr. (1929)

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Jack Foust Matlock Jr. is a former American ambassador career Foreign Service Officer a teacher a historian and a linguist. He was a specialist in Soviet affairs during some...

34. Robert Sherwood Dillon (1929)

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Robert Sherwood Dillon was the United States Ambassador to Lebanon from 1981 to 1983. He was born in 1929 in Chicago and attended Duke University graduating in 1951.

35. Carl Spielvogel (1930)

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Carl Spielvogel is a former United States ambassador to the Slovak Republic. Mr. Spielvogel was appointed to the post by President Bill Clinton on August 3 2000 as a recess...

36. Ulric Haynes (1931)

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Ulric St. Clair Haynes Jr. is a United States diplomat lawyer and university professor. He is a former United States Ambassador to Algeria and a member of the American...

37. Raymond Telles (1915)

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Raymond L. Telles Jr. was the first Mexican-American Mayor of a major American city El Paso Texas. Born in El Paso and educated as an accountant Telles worked at...

38. David M. Kennedy (1905)

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David Matthew Kennedy was an American politician and businessman. He served as the 60th Secretary of the Treasury and later as the 8th United States Permanent Representative to NATO both...

39. Joseph Duffey (1932)

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Joseph Daniel Duffey is an American academic educator and political appointee.

40. Jack R. Binns (Unknow)

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Jack Robert Binns was the U. S. Ambassador to Honduras from 1980 to 1981. Binns is a 1956 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. Now retired from the Foreign...

41. Morton I. Abramowitz (1933)

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Morton Isaac Abramowitz is an American diplomat and former State Department official. Among other roles he served as US Ambassador to Thailand 1978 to 1981 Assistant Secretary of State for...

42. Thomas D. Boyatt (1933)

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Thomas David Boyatt is a former diplomat and United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso and Colombia. He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy. He was held captive...

43. Anthony C. E. Quainton (1934)

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Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton is a former United States diplomat. He was educated at Princeton University where he received a B. A. in 1955 and Oxford University England as a...

44. Everett Ellis Briggs (1934)

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Everett Ellis Briggs is a United States diplomat. Briggs was born in Havana Cuba in 1934. He is an alumnus of Dartmouth College. He served as United States Ambassador to...

45. Rozanne L. Ridgway (1935)

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Rozanne Lejeanne Ridgway served 32 years with the U. S. State Department holding several posts including ambassador to Finland and to East Germany and finished her career as Assistant Secretary...

46. Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin (1837)

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Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin was an American statesman. His parents were American missionaries in Greece. Born in Argos Greece but then educated in the United States he pursued careers as...

47. William Howard Taft III (1915)

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Howard Taft III was a grandson of President William Howard Taft and First Lady Helen Louise Nellie Taft who served as U. S. ambassador to Ireland from 1953 to 1957....

48. Robert Pelletreau (1935)

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Robert Halsey Pelletreau is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Bahrain Tunisia and Egypt as well as the former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. He...

49. John Arthur Ferch (1936)

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John Arthur Ferch is a United States diplomat. Ferch was born in Ohio in 1936. He served as United States Ambassador to Honduras from 1985 to 1986.

50. John A. Burroughs, Jr. (1936)

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John Andrew Burroughs Jr. was the United States Ambassador to Malawi from 1981–1984 and the United States Ambassador to Uganda from 1988-1991. He was a lineman for the University...