George C. McGhee
| George C. McGhee | |
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| 3rd Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs | |
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In office December 4, 1961 – March 27, 1963 |
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| President | John F. Kennedy |
| Preceded by | Livingston T. Merchant |
| Succeeded by | W. Averell Harriman |
| 1st Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs | |
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In office June 28, 1949 – December 19, 1951 |
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| President | Harry S. Truman |
| Succeeded by | Henry A. Byroade |
| 8th United States Ambassador to Turkey | |
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In office January 15, 1952 – June 19, 1953 |
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| President |
Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | George Wadsworth |
| Succeeded by | Avra M. Warren |
| 4th United States Ambassador to West Germany | |
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In office May 18, 1963 – May 21, 1968 |
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| President |
John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | Walter C. Dowling |
| Succeeded by | Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
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March 10, 1912 Waco, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | July 4, 2005 (aged 93) Leesburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Profession | Diplomat |
George Crews McGhee (March 10, 1912 – July 4, 2005) was an oilman and a career diplomat in the United States foreign service.
McGhee was born on March 10, 1912 in Waco, Texas, the son of a Waco banker. He studied at the University of Oklahoma, graduating with a degree in geology in 1933. He was initiated into the Oklahoma Kappa chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at OU. For a time McGhee worked for Conoco, working on a crew that made the first oil discovery on the Gulf Coast through reflection seismology. He was awarded a Rhodes scholarship, gaining a doctorate in physical sciences from Oxford University in 1937. Back in the United States he became vice president of the National Geophysical Company, where he managed reflection seismology surveys in Cuba. On his return to Texas, McGhee found employment with Everette Lee DeGolyer's oil services company DeGolyer and MacNaughton, scouting oilfields and marrying DeGolyer's daughter Cecilia. McGhee described Cecilia as "the most beautiful and richest girl in Texas." In 1940 McGhee established his own company, the McGhee Production Company, and soon discovered a major oil field at Lake Charles, Louisiana, which made his fortune.
At the beginning of World War II McGhee was a member of the staff of the Office of Production Management and a member of the War Production Board. Commissioned into the U.S. Navy, McGhee served as a naval air intelligence officer on the staff of Army Air Force General Curtis E. LeMay, for which he was awarded the Legion of Merit.
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