Charles S. Whitehouse
| Charles S. Whitehouse | |
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| 10th United States Ambassador to Laos | |
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In office 1973–1975 |
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| President |
Richard Nixon Gerald R. Ford |
| Preceded by | G. McMurtrie Godley |
| Succeeded by | Thomas J. Corcoran |
| 28th United States Ambassador to Thailand | |
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In office 1975–1978 |
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| President |
Gerald R. Ford Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | William R. Kintner |
| Succeeded by | Morton I. Abramowitz |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Charles Sheldon Whitehouse November 5, 1921 Paris, France |
| Died | June 25, 2001 (aged 79) Marshall, Virginia |
| Spouse(s) | Molly Rand (div.) Janet Grayson |
| Children |
Sheldon Charles Sarah |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
| Awards |
Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal  Distinguished Honor Award  Superior Honor Award  Légion d'honneur 
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| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Marines Corps |
| Years of service | 1942–1946 |
Charles Sheldon Whitehouse (November 5, 1921 – June 25, 2001) was an American career diplomat. He was United States Ambassador to Laos and the United States Ambassador to Thailand.
Whitehouse was born November 5, 1921 in Paris, France, the son of American parents Mary Crocker (née Alexander) and Edwin Sheldon Whitehouse (1883–1965). His father was a Foreign Service officer, and served as U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1930–33, and to Colombia, 1933-34. Charles Whitehouse was a great-grandson of railroad executive Charles Crocker, and a grandson of Charles Beatty Alexander and Harriet Crocker. He was also a great-grandson of Henry John Whitehouse, Episcopal bishop of Illinois. He was raised in Europe and South America.
In 1942, he interrupted his studies at Yale University, where he was a classmate of William F. Buckley, to join the United States Marine Corps. He attended Navy flight school and became a Marine dive bomber pilot and saw combat in the Pacific theater, where he was awarded 7 Distinguished Flying Crosses and received 21 Air Medals. After his separation from the Marine Corps in 1946, he reentered Yale University. In 1946 he was tapped as a member of the Skull and Bones Society.
Upon graduation from Yale in 1947, Mr. Whitehouse joined the Central Intelligence Agency and worked in the Congo, Turkey, Belgium and Cambodia. He moved over to the State Department in 1956 to serve as Assistant to the Undersecretary for Economic Affairs, and in 1959 he became a regular Foreign Service Officer. He later served as the State Department's Congo Desk Officer, and also served on the staff of the Department's Office of Personnel. He attended the National War College, and graduated in 1966.
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