Dartmouth's legacy of public service includes a famous Secretary of State and many ambassadors.
Daniel Webster's primary stint in the executive branch was as Secretary of State.
Dartmouth's legacy of public service includes the many individuals who have represented the United States and other nations as diplomats. More information about US Chiefs of Mission and Principal Officials can be found on the web page for the Office of the Historian at the Department of State. If you know of any additional diplomats which do not appear here, please let us know so that we can add them to this page.
Thanks to Peter Bridges '53, Parker Borg '61, Robert Tichio '99 and Blake Ratcliff '02 for their assistance in compiling this list.
| Robert L. Barry '56 |
U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria, 1981-84 U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, 1992-95 |
| Reginald Bartholomew '58 |
U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon U.S. Ambassador to Italy |
| Paul Boeker '60 |
U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia U.S. Ambassador to Jordan |
| Parker W. Borg '61 |
U.S. Ambassador to Mali U.S. Ambassador to Iceland |
| Stephen Bosworth '61 |
U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia Chairman, Policy Planning Council U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines U.S. Ambassador to Korea |
| Peter Bridges '53 | U.S. Ambassador to Somalia |
| Ellis O. Briggs '21 |
U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia U.S. Ambassador to Korea U.S. Ambassador to Peru U.S. Ambassador to Brazil U.S. Ambassador to Greece U.S. Ambassador to Spain |
| Everett Ellis "Ted" Briggs '56 |
U.S. Ambassador to Panama U.S. Ambassador to Honduras U.S. Ambassador to Portugal |
| William E. Crotty '53 | U.S. Ambassador to Barbados |
| Michael Fitz '60 | Austrian Ambassador to Spain |
| David Crane Halstead '63 | U.S. Ambassador to Chad |
| Parker T. Hart '33 |
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait |
| Robert C. Hill '42 |
U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador U.S. Ambassador to Mexico U.S. Ambassador to Argentina U.S. Ambassador to Spain |
| Kunio Katakura '61 | Japanese Ambassador to Egypt |
| Arthur Lewis '66 | U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone |
| George Perkins Marsh 1820 |
Minister to Turkey, 1849-53 Minister to Italy, 1861-82 (His 21 years as chief of mission in Italy is still the longevity record for American envoys.) |
| H. Carl McCall 1958 | Deputy U.S. Representative to the United Nations, with rank of Ambassador, 1979-82 |
| Alan Reel McKee '64 | U.S. Ambassador to Swaziland |
| Johnathan Moore '54 | U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Projects |
| Alfred H. Moses 1951 | U.S. Ambassador to Romania, 1994-97 |
| George H. Moses 1890 | U.S. Minister to Greece & Montenegro |
| Day Mount '62 | U.S. Ambassador to Iceland |
| Nitya Pibulsonggram '62 |
Thailand's Ambassador to the United States Thailand's Ambassador to the United Nations |
| Edward Rhetts '31 | U.S. Ambassador to Liberia |
| Francis Joseph Ricciardone '73 | U.S. Ambassador to Phillipines |
| Edward Earl Shumaker '70 | U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad & Tobago |
| Ron Spiers '50 |
U.S. Ambassador to Bahamas U.S. Ambassador to Turkey U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan |
| Andrew Winter '68 | U.S. Ambassador to Gambia |