Richard P. Butrick Explained

Office:	3rd Director General of the Foreign Service
Term Start:	September 7, 1949
Term End:	April 1, 1952
Preceded:	Christian M. Ravndal
Succeeded:	Gerald Augustin Drew
Birth Date:	1894
Birth Place:	Lockport, New York
Death Date:	April 13, 1997
Death Place:	Washington, DC
Education:	Georgetown University

Richard Porter Butrick (1894 Lockport, New York^[1] – April 13, 1997 Washington, DC) was the director general of the US Foreign Service from 1949 to 1952.^[2]

Butrick, a graduate of the first class of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service (1921),^[3] died from cardiac arrest at Sibley Memorial Hospital at the age of 102.

He was consul general in São Paulo, Brazil, when he retired in 1959 with the rank of career minister. He was consul general in Montreal (1952–1955) and Minister to Iceland.

References

1. Web site: MINISTER RICHARD P. BUTRICK . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project . 28 March 2020.
2. News: RICHARD P. BUTRICK DIES . 28 March 2020 . The Washington Post . April 15, 1997.
3. News: Metcalfe . Percy . Title: A Century of the School of Foreign Service and China . 28 March 2020 . Walsh School of Foreign Service . February 26, 2019.