Togo Dennis West Jr. was an American attorney and public official. A Democrat,he was the third person to occupy the post of Secretary of Veterans Affairs during the Bill Clinton administration serving from 1998 until his resignation in 2000. He was the second African American to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
David Michael Satterfield is an American diplomat and ambassador,who has served extensively in the Middle East,including the Persian Gulf area,Lebanon,and Iraq. He later served as a senior advisor on Iraq for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and was director general of the Multinational Force and Observers,the peacekeeping force for the Sinai Peninsula from June 2009 until August 2017. He was chargéd'affaires to Egypt from August 2013 to January 2014 and was subsequently Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for Libya. From September 2017 to June 2019 he served as the acting assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs,and was confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Turkey on June 27,2019.
Lino Gutiérrez is an American diplomat.
The Elliott School of International Affairs is the professional school of international relations,foreign policy,and international development of the George Washington University,in Washington,D.C. It is highly ranked in international affairs and is the largest school of international relations in the United States.
Delta Phi Epsilon (ΔΦΕ) or Delta Phi Epsilon Foreign Service Council the largest national American professional foreign service fraternity and sorority. Founded on January 25,1920,it was the first fraternity dedicated to careers in foreign diplomacy in trade. Its Alpha chapter went on in the first half of the twentieth century to colonize new chapters at many other universities throughout the country,although most chapters went defunct in the latter half of the century. In 1973 Delta Phi Epsilon Foreign Service Sorority was founded,with its Alpha chapter at Georgetown University. As of 2021,there remained ten active collegiate chapters,half of which were created between 2016 and 2018.
Robert Bigger Oakley was an American diplomat whose 34-year career (1957–1991) as a Foreign Service Officer included appointments as United States Ambassador to Zaire,Somalia,and Pakistan and,in the early 1990s,as a special envoy during the American involvement in Somalia.
David Maclain Hale is an American diplomat and career ambassador,who previously served as the United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. He is currently a Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow at the Wilson Center,on detail from the Department of State.
Gerald Eustis Thomas,was an American naval officer,diplomat and academic. He was the second African American to achieve the rank of Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy.
Patrick Nickolas Theros is an American diplomat. He served as the United States Ambassador to Qatar from 1995 to 1998.
Earl Anthony Wayne is an American diplomat. Formerly Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs,Ambassador to Argentina and Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan,Wayne served nearly four years as Ambassador to Mexico. He was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate in August,2011. He departed Mexico City for Washington July 31,2015 and retired from the State Department on September 30,2015. Wayne attained the highest rank in the U.S. diplomatic service:Career Ambassador. He is currently a Professorial Lecturer and Distinguished Diplomat in Residence at American University's School of International Service where he teaches courses related to diplomacy and US foreign policy. Wayne also works with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,the Atlantic Council,the Center for Strategic and International Studies,. Wayne is co-chair of the Mexico Institute's Advisory Board at the Wilson Center. He is also on the board of the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Public Diplomacy Council of America. Wayne is an independent consultant,speaker and writer and works with several not-for-profit professional associations. He was an adviser for HSBC Latin America on improving management of financial crime risk from 2015 until 2019 and served on the board of the American Foreign Service Association from 2017 to 2019.
John Stern Wolf served as a Foreign Service Officer with the Department of State from 1970–2004,including tours as Ambassador to Malaysia,Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation,and Chief Monitor,The Middle East Roadmap for Peace. He retired in July 2014 as President of Eisenhower Fellowships in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.
Maynard Wayne Glitman was an American diplomat. Glitman negotiated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 1987. Later,Glitman served as the United States Ambassador to Belgium from 1988 to 1991.
Michael Alan Ratney is an American diplomat who was the United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia from April 2023 to January 2025. He previously served as the chargéd'affaires of the United States embassy in Israel.
Harrison Matthew Symmes was a career American diplomat who served as the American Ambassador to Jordan from 1967–1970. When he retired from the Foreign Service in 1974,Symmes became President of Windham College followed by becoming Resident Director of Mount Vernon in 1977.
