- Loy W. Henderson
Loy Wesley Henderson (
June 28 ,1892 –March 24 ,1986 ) was a United StatesForeign Service Officer and diplomat.Born in
Rogers, Arkansas , he served in theUnited States Department of State , and was a contemporary of influential staffers such asGeorge F. Kennan andCharles Bohlen . His posts included U.S. Minister in Iraq (1943-45), [ [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10885.htm Iraq ] ]United States Ambassador to India (1948-51) [ [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10882.htm India ] ] and then Ambassador to Iran (1951-54). [ [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10884.htm Iran ] ]
From 1945 to 1948 he served at the State Department in Washington, as the director of the Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs, including during theIran crisis andGreek Civil War . As such, he had a hand in much of the foreign policy planning regarding the nascent Cold War, such as theTruman Doctrine . In 1954, he was appointed as Assistant Secretary of State for Administration. [ [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/12108.htm Assistant Secretaries of State for Administration ] ] In 1956, he was named a career ambassador. [ [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/18906.htm Career Ambassadors ] ] He retired in 1960 and spent seven years teaching International Relations at Washington, D.C.'sAmerican University . His memoirs, entitled "A Question of Trust: the origins of U.S.-Soviet diplomatic relations" were published in 1986. [ [http://lccn.loc.gov/86007386 "A Question of Trust"] ]The major auditorium in the State Department headquarters, the
Harry S Truman Building , is named after Henderson.References
External links
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henderson.html The Political Graveyard] - Short summary of details.
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/text/hendrson.html Loy W. Henderson: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress]
* [http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/hendrson.htm Oral history interviewfrom 1973] at the Harry S. Truman Library.
* [http://lccn.loc.gov/86007386 Memoirs of Loy W. Henderson in the Library of Congress]
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