Graham Martin

Graham Martin
Martin in 1975
United States Ambassador to South Vietnam
In office
September 6, 1973 (1973-21-06) – May 4, 1975 (1975-29-04)
PresidentRichard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Preceded byEllsworth Bunker
Succeeded byPost dissolved
United States Ambassador to Italy
In office
June 10, 1969 (1969-30-10) – October 2, 1973 (1973-10-02)
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byGardner Ackley
Succeeded byJohn A. Volpe
United States Ambassador to Thailand
In office
September 10, 1963 (1963-09-10) – September 9, 1967 (1967-09-09)
PresidentJohn F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded byKenneth Todd Young
Succeeded byLeonard S. Unger
United States Ambassador to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
In office
June 9, 1960 (1960-18-09) – March 4, 1962 (1962-15-04)
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Preceded byHenry Serrano Villard
Succeeded byRoger Tubby
Personal details
Born
Graham Anderson Martin

(1912-09-22)September 22, 1912
Mars Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedMarch 13, 1990(1990-03-13) (aged 77)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Resting placeArlington National Cemetery
SpouseDorothy Martin (nee Wallace)
ChildrenJanet Martin Tantemsapya,[1] Nancy Lane, Michael Martin
Alma materWake Forest College
CommitteesNational Recovery Administration
AwardsDistinguished Honor Award
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army Air Forces
Years of service1930s-1946
UnitMilitary Intelligence Corps (United States Army)
Battles/warsWorld War II

Graham Anderson Martin (September 22, 1912 – March 13, 1990) was an American diplomat. He was the ambassador to Thailand and as U.S. representative to SEATO from 1963 to 1967, ambassador to Italy from 1969 to 1973 and the last United States Ambassador to South Vietnam from 1973 until his evacuation during the Fall of Saigon in 1975.

  1. ^ Janet Martin Tantemsapya (Board of Directors, Creative Migration) https://creativemigration.org/CM-USA