Former Ambassadors and Ministers

U.S. Embassy Helsinki building in 1949. (Credit: Pietinen, kuvaaja 1949. Museovirasto.)

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Ambassadors to Finland

Name	Presentation of Credentials	Termination of Mission
Douglas Hickey	May 11, 2022
Robert F. Pence (PDF, 58 kb)	May 24, 2018	Jan. 14, 2021
Charles C. Adams	Aug. 4, 2015	Jan. 20, 2017
Bruce J. Oreck	Sep. 10, 2009	July 25, 2015
Barbara McConnell Barrett	May 23, 2008	Jan. 16, 2009
Marilyn Ware	March 9, 2006	March 28, 2008
Earle I. Mack	June 10, 2004	Oct. 20, 2005
Bonnie McElveen-Hunter	Dec. 4, 2001	Dec. 15, 2003
Eric S. Edelman	Aug. 27, 1998	Jan. 29, 2001
Derek N. Shearer	July 1, 1994	Oct. 31, 1997
John Hubert Kelly	Dec. 2, 1991	June 13, 1994
John Giffen Weinmann	Nov. 10, 1989	Aug. 29, 1991
Rockwell Anthony Schnabel	Feb. 28, 1986	Feb. 24, 1989
Keith Foote Nyborg	Sep. 18, 1981	Feb. 17, 1986
James E. Goodby	Apr. 11, 1980	Aug. 18, 1981
Rozanne L. Ridgway	Aug. 5, 1977	Feb. 20, 1980
Mark Evans Austad	Mar. 10, 1975	Apr. 14, 1977
V. John Krehbiel	June 1, 1973	Feb. 24, 1975
Val Peterson	July 14, 1969	Mar. 23, 1973
Tyler Thompson	Aug. 25, 1964	June 14, 1969
Carl T. Rowan	May 21, 1963	Feb. 8, 1964
Bernard Gufler	Apr. 14, 1961	Apr. 18, 1963
Edson O. Sessions	Nov. 28, 1959	Nov. 20, 1960
John D. Hickerson	Nov. 23, 1955	Nov. 3, 1959
Jack K. McFall*	Sep. 10, 1952	Sep. 19, 1955

**McFall was named Minister to Finland in 1952 and Ambassador when the post became an embassy in 1954.

Name	Presentation of Credentials	Termination of Mission
John Moore Cabot	Feb. 27, 1950	Sep. 20, 1952
Avra M. Warren	Feb. 10, 1948	February 18, 1950
Maxwell M. Hamilton	March 26, 1946	Aug. 25, 1947
H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld	July 2, 1937	December 17, 1942
Edward Albright	October 5, 1933	Apr. 12, 1937
Edward E. Brodie	May. 16, 1930	Sep. 21, 1933
Alfred John Pearson	Sep. 5, 1925	Apr. 30, 1930
Charles L. Kagey	February 17, 1922	Mar. 24, 1925
Alexander R. Magruder	Mar. 19, 1920	February 17, 1921

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