Richard P. Butrick
American diplomat
About Richard P. Butrick
Lived 1894 – 1997 (aged 102–103).
Richard Porter Butrick (August 6, 1894 – April 13, 1997) was the director general of the US Foreign Service from 1949 to 1952.
Butrick was born in Lockport, New York on August 6, 1894 and was a graduate of the first class of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service (1921), died from cardiac arrest at Sibley Memorial Hospital at the age of 102.
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Who was Richard P. Butrick?
American diplomat
When was Richard P. Butrick born?
Richard P. Butrick was born on 6 August 1894.
When did Richard P. Butrick die?
Richard P. Butrick died in 1997.
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