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- Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business
Affairs
Appointed: November 12, 1946
Entry on Duty: November 15, 1946
Termination of Appointment: November 15, 1952- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 18, 1947.
Willard Long Thorp (1899-1992)
Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Connecticut