Henry A. Byroade

Henry A. Byroade
12th United States Ambassador to Pakistan
In office
October 15, 1973 – April 23, 1977
PresidentRichard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Preceded byJoseph S. Farland
Succeeded byArthur W. Hummel Jr.
United States Ambassador to the Philippines
In office
August 29, 1969 – May 25, 1973
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byG. Mennen Williams
Succeeded byWilliam H. Sullivan
United States Ambassador to Burma
In office
September 10, 1963 – June 11, 1968
PresidentJohn F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded byJohn Scott Everton
Succeeded byArthur W. Hummel Jr.
9th United States Ambassador to Afghanistan
In office
March 21, 1959 – January 19, 1962
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Preceded bySheldon T. Mills
Succeeded byJohn M. Steeves
United States Ambassador to South Africa
In office
October 9, 1956 – January 24, 1959
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byEdward T. Wailes
Succeeded byPhilip K. Crowe
United States Ambassador to Egypt
In office
March 7, 1955 – September 10, 1956
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byJefferson Caffery
Succeeded byRaymond A. Hare
2nd Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs
In office
April 14, 1952 – January 25, 1955
PresidentHarry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byGeorge C. McGhee
Succeeded byGeorge V. Allen
Military career
BornJuly 24, 1913
Maumee Township, Allen County, Indiana
DiedDecember 31, 1993(1993-12-31) (aged 80)
Bethesda, Maryland
Buried
Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance United States of America
Service / branch United States Army
Years of service1937-1952
RankBrigadier General
Service numberO-20624
UnitCorps of Engineers
Battles / wars
Awards

Henry Alfred Byroade (July 24, 1913 – December 31, 1993) was an American career diplomat.[1] Over the course of his career, he served in Egypt (1955–1956), South Africa (1956–1959), Afghanistan (1959–1962), Burma (1963–1968), the Philippines (1969–1973), and Pakistan (1973–1977). A 1937 graduate of West Point, he served in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, and oversaw the construction of airfields in India and in China for the Fourteenth Air Force and the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers of the Twentieth Air Force as part of Operation Matterhorn. After the war he was chief of staff to George C. Marshall with the Marshall Mission to China.

  1. ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR HENRY BYROADE," (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 19 September 1988. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.