Richard P. Butrick

Richard P. Butrick
3rd Director General of the Foreign Service
In office
September 7, 1949 – April 1, 1952
Preceded byChristian M. Ravndal
Succeeded byGerald Augustin Drew
Personal details
Born1894
Lockport, New York
DiedApril 13, 1997
Washington, DC
EducationGeorgetown University

Richard Porter Butrick (1894 Lockport, New York[1] – April 13, 1997 Washington, DC) was the director general of the US Foreign Service from 1949 to 1952.[2]

Butrick, a graduate of the first class of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service (1921),[3] died from cardiac arrest at Sibley Memorial Hospital at the age of 102.[2]

He was consul general in São Paulo, Brazil, when he retired in 1959 with the rank of career minister. He was consul general in Montreal (1952–1955) and Minister to Iceland.[1]

  1. ^ a b "MINISTER RICHARD P. BUTRICK" (PDF). The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b "RICHARD P. BUTRICK DIES". The Washington Post. April 15, 1997. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. ^ Metcalfe, Percy (February 26, 2019). "Title: A Century of the School of Foreign Service and China". Walsh School of Foreign Service. Retrieved 28 March 2020.