John M. Allison

John Moore Allison
Allison circa 1952
United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia
In office
April 24, 1958 – May 4, 1960
Preceded byU. Alexis Johnson
Succeeded byChristian M. Ravndal
United States Ambassador to Indonesia
In office
March 13, 1957 – January 29, 1958
Preceded byHugh S. Cumming Jr.
Succeeded byHoward P. Jones
United States Ambassador to Japan
In office
May 28, 1953 – February 2, 1957
Preceded byRobert Daniel Murphy
Succeeded byDouglas MacArthur II
3rd Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs
In office
February 1, 1952 – April 7, 1953
PresidentHarry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Preceded byDean Rusk
Succeeded byWalter S. Robertson
Personal details
BornApril 7, 1905
Holton, Kansas, U.S.
DiedOctober 28, 1978 (aged 73)
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln (BS)

John Moore Allison (April 7, 1905 – October 28, 1978) was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 1953 to 1957. From 1957 to 1958, he was Ambassador to Indonesia and from 1958 to 1960 to Czechoslovakia. In the 1960s and 1970s, he was a professor at the University of Hawaii.