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William Butts Macomber Jr. (March 28, 1921 – November 19, 2003) was an American diplomat who served in several positions in the United States Department of State. He was the 12th president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Nov 23, 2003 · William Butts Macomber Jr., a former government official and diplomat who in 1978 became the first full-time president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, died Wednesday at his home...
Nov 21, 2003 · William B. Macomber Jr., 82, former ambassador to Jordan and Turkey and president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, died of complications from Parkinson's disease Nov. 19 at his...
Bio: William B. Macomber, Jr. (1921-2003) received his master's degree in government from Yale University, a master's degree in social science from the University of Chicago and a law degree from Harvard University.
Macomber, William B. (William Butts), 1921-2003 (Interviewee) Created / Published. September 30, 1989. Headings. - Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. - Diplomacy. - Foreign relations. - Oral history. - Suez crisis. - Ambassadors. - United States. Agency for International Development. - Peace treaties. - Law of the sea. - Interviews.
This interview focuses on Macomber’s professional relationship with John F. Kennedy [JFK] while JFK was a senator and the Kennedy administration’s foreign policy concerning the Middle East, among other topics.
Apr 19, 1978 · He is William .B. Macomber Jr., a 57-year-old retired diplomat whose last post was Ambassador to Turkey from 1973 to 1977. The choice of Mr. Macomber, by unanimous vote of the board, surprised...
