Donald P. Gregg

Ambassador
Donald Gregg
United States Ambassador to South Korea
In office
September 27, 1989[1] – February 27, 1993[1]
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Preceded byJames R. Lilley
Succeeded byJames T. Laney
Personal details
Born
Donald Phinney Gregg

(1927-12-05) December 5, 1927 (age 96)[2]
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.
SpouseMargaret Curry-Gregg
Children1
Alma materWilliams College (BA)
ProfessionDiplomat
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1945-1947

Donald Phinney Gregg (born December 5, 1927) is a retired American politician, CIA employee, and U.S. Ambassador to South Korea. Gregg worked for the Central Intelligence Agency for 31 years, from 1951 to 1982. He was a National Security Council advisor (1979–1982) and National Security Advisor to U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush (1982–1989), United States Ambassador to Korea (1989–1993), and the chairman of the board of The Korea Society (until 2009), where he called for greater engagement with North Korea.

  1. ^ a b Office of the Historian, "Donald Phinney Gregg (1927-)"
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