Thomas R. Pickering

Tom Pickering
17th Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
In office
May 27, 1997 – December 31, 2000
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byPeter Tarnoff
Succeeded byMarc Grossman
United States Ambassador to Russia
In office
May 12, 1993 – November 1, 1996
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byRobert S. Strauss
Succeeded byJames F. Collins
United States Ambassador to India
In office
April 6, 1992 – March 23, 1993
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Preceded byWilliam Clark
Succeeded byFrank G. Wisner
18th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
In office
March 20, 1989 – May 7, 1992
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byVernon A. Walters
Succeeded byEdward J. Perkins
United States Ambassador to Israel
In office
August 6, 1985 – December 28, 1988
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded bySamuel W. Lewis
Succeeded byWilliam Andreas Brown
United States Ambassador to El Salvador
In office
September 5, 1983 – June 7, 1985
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byDeane R. Hinton
Succeeded byEdwin G. Corr
United States Ambassador to Nigeria
In office
November 30, 1981 – July 9, 1983
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byStephen Low
Succeeded byThomas W. M. Smith
4th Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
In office
October 10, 1978 – February 24, 1981
PresidentJimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Preceded byPatsy Mink
Succeeded byJames Malone
United States Ambassador to Jordan
In office
March 2, 1974 – July 13, 1978
PresidentRichard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Preceded byL. Dean Brown
Succeeded byNicholas A. Veliotes
5th Executive Secretary of the Department of State
In office
July 30, 1973 – January 31, 1974
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byTheodore L. Eliot Jr.
Succeeded byGeorge Springsteen
Personal details
Born
Thomas Reeve Pickering

(1931-11-05) November 5, 1931 (age 92)
Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Spouse
Alice Stover
(m. 1955; died 2011)
Children2
EducationBowdoin College (BA)
Tufts University (MA)
University of Melbourne (MA)

Thomas Reeve "Tom" Pickering (born November 5, 1931) is a retired United States ambassador. Among his many diplomatic appointments, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992.