Ted Eliot | |
|---|---|
| 9th Inspector General of the Department of State | |
| In office July 5, 1978 – October 16, 1978 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Robert M. Sayre |
| Succeeded by | Robert C. Brewster |
| 12th United States Ambassador to Afghanistan | |
| In office November 21, 1973 – June 14, 1978 | |
| President | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Robert G. Neumann |
| Succeeded by | Adolph Dubs |
| 4th Executive Secretary of the Department of State | |
| In office August 10, 1969 – September 26, 1973 | |
| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Benjamin H. Read |
| Succeeded by | Thomas R. Pickering |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Theodore Lyman Eliot Jr. January 24, 1928 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | August 8, 2019 (aged 91) Sonoma, California, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, MPA) |
Theodore Lyman Eliot Jr. (January 24, 1928 – August 8, 2019)[1][2] was an American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan from 1973 to 1978. He was a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Boston's Eliot family.
Eliot graduated from Harvard College in 1948 and received a Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School in 1956. He also served as Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University[3] and as Secretary General for the United States of the Bilderberg Meetings from 1981 to October 1993.[4]