Graham Martin | |
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United States Ambassador to South Vietnam | |
In office September 6, 1973 – May 4, 1975 | |
President | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
Preceded by | Ellsworth Bunker |
Succeeded by | Post dissolved |
United States Ambassador to Italy | |
In office June 10, 1969 – October 2, 1973 | |
President | Richard Nixon |
Preceded by | Gardner Ackley |
Succeeded by | John A. Volpe |
United States Ambassador to Thailand | |
In office September 10, 1963 – September 9, 1967 | |
President | John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson |
Preceded by | Kenneth Todd Young |
Succeeded by | Leonard S. Unger |
United States Ambassador to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva | |
In office June 9, 1960 – March 4, 1962 | |
President | Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy |
Preceded by | Henry Serrano Villard |
Succeeded by | Roger Tubby |
Personal details | |
Born | Graham Anderson Martin September 22, 1912 Mars Hill, North Carolina, U.S. |
Died | March 13, 1990 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. | (aged 77)
Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
Spouse | Dorothy Martin (nee Wallace) |
Children | Janet Martin Tantemsapya,[1] Nancy Lane, Michael Martin |
Alma mater | Wake Forest College |
Committees | National Recovery Administration |
Awards | Distinguished Honor Award |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army Air Forces |
Years of service | 1930s-1946 |
Unit | Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army) |
Battles/wars | World 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.