Background
Porter, Dwight Johnson was born on April 12, 1916 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Dwight Ernest and Gertrude (Johnson) Porter.
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Porter, Dwight Johnson was born on April 12, 1916 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Dwight Ernest and Gertrude (Johnson) Porter.
AB, Grinnell College, 1938; Doctor of Laws, Grinnell College, 1968; student, American U., 1938-1940, 46-48; student, National War College, 1957-1958.
Government intern, National Institute Public Affairs, Washington, 1938-1939; personnel officer, United States Housing Authority, 1939-1941; Executive officer, Department Agriculture, San Francisco, 1941-1942; assistant personnel director, Board Economics Warfare, 1942; director administrative services, Rural Electrification Administration, 1946-1948 management officer, Department State, 1948; deputy director, Displaced Persons Commission, 1949; administrative officer, United States High Commission, Germany, 1949-1954; 1st secretary, American embassy, London, 1954-1956; Executive officer economics area, Department State, 1956-1957; coordinator, Hungarian Refugee Relief, 1957; special assistant to deputy under-secretary, and under-secretary state, Hungarian Refugee Relief, 1958-1959; counsellor, American embassy, Vienna, 1959-1962; minister, American embassy, 1962; deputy chief of mission, American embassy, 1962-1963; assistant secretary of state for administration, 1963-1965; ambassador to, Lebanon, 1965-1970; permanent United States representative, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1970-1975; vice president international affairs, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Washington, 1975-1985; foreign affairs consultant, since 1986.
Served to captain United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1942-1945.
Married Adele Ritchie, October 6, 1942 (deceased February 1997). Children: Dwight A., James G., Ellen Jean, Barbara Adele, Joan Anne. Ritchie Johnson.