Carol C. Laise

Carol C. Laise
A smiling white woman with hair in a curly bouffant style
United States Ambassador to Nepal
In office
December 5, 1966 – June 5, 1973
PresidentLyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Preceded byHenry E. Stebbins
Succeeded byWilliam I. Cargo
13th Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
In office
October 10, 1973 – March 27, 1975
PresidentRichard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Preceded byMichael Collins
Succeeded byJohn Reinhardt
14th Director General of the Foreign Service
In office
April 11, 1975 – December 26, 1977
Preceded byNathaniel Davis
Succeeded byHarry G. Barnes Jr.
Personal details
Born
Caroline Clendening Laise

(1917-11-14)November 14, 1917
Winchester, Virginia, U.S.
DiedJuly 25, 1991(1991-07-25) (aged 73)
Dummerston, Vermont, U.S.
Spouse
(m. 1967; died 1984)
EducationAmerican University (BA)
George Washington University (MA)

Caroline Clendening Laise (November 14, 1917 – July 25, 1991)[1] was an American civil servant, ambassador to Nepal and the first female Assistant Secretary of State.[2]

  1. ^ "Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1976: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session". 1976.
  2. ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR CAROL CLENDENING LAISE (BUNKER)" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 17 April 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.