William H. Sullivan
| William H. Sullivan | |
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The Iranian Shah meeting with Alfred Atherton, William Sullivan, Cyrus Vance, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, and Zbigniew Brzezinski, 1977.
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| United States Ambassador to Iran | |
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In office 1977–1979 |
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| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Richard Helms |
| Succeeded by | Bruce Laingen |
| United States Ambassador to the Philippines | |
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In office August 6, 1973 – April 26, 1977 |
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| President |
Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Henry A. Byroade |
| Succeeded by | David D. Newsom |
| United States Ambassador to Laos | |
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In office December 23, 1964 – March 18, 1969 |
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| President |
Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Leonard S. Unger |
| Succeeded by | G. McMurtrie Godley |
| Personal details | |
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William Healy Sullivan October 12, 1922 Cranston, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Died | October 11, 2013 (aged 90) Washington, D. C., U.S. |
| Residence | Washington, D. C., U.S. |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
William Healy Sullivan (October 12, 1922 – October 11, 2013) was an American Foreign Service career officer who served as Ambassador to Laos from 1964–1969, the Philippines from 1973–1977, and Iran from 1977–1979.
Sullivan was born in Cranston, Rhode Island, and graduated from Brown University as salutatorian and Class Orator of the class of 1943. His senior address was on America’s duty to “aid in repairing not only the damage suffered by our Allies, but also that sustained by our enemies.” After graduation, he entered the Navy and served as a gunnery officer on a destroyer, the USS Hambleton. The Hambleton escorted North Atlantic convoys, and served off North Africa and Italy before participating in the D-Day invasion of Normandy and the invasion of Okinawa. He had the senior watch on the Hambleton when it entered Yokohama harbor for the Japanese surrender.
After obtaining a joint graduate degree from Harvard University and the Fletcher School at Tufts University under the GI Bill, Sullivan joined the Foreign Service and was posted to Bangkok, Thailand. During that tour, he was in brief communication with the Viet Cong, who were in exile in northern Thailand. His subsequent assignments were to Calcutta, India, Tokyo, Japan, Naples and Rome, Italy, and The Hague, Netherlands.
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