Background
Corcoran, Thomas Joseph was born on September 6, 1920 in New York City. Son of John T. and Mary A. (Carroll) Corcoran.
ambassador foreign service officer
Corcoran, Thomas Joseph was born on September 6, 1920 in New York City. Son of John T. and Mary A. (Carroll) Corcoran.
Bachelor of Specialized Studies, St. John's University, 1940. Student Southeast Asia language and area, Georgetown University, 1953.
Member, United States Foreign Service, since 1948; vice consul, Barcelona, Spain, 1948-1950; vice consul, Hong Kong, 1950-1951; secretary embassy, Saigon, Viet-Nam, 1951-1953; charge d'affaires ad interim, Vientiane, Laos, 1951-1952; charge d'affaires ad interim, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1952; consul, Hanoi, N. Viet-Nam, 1954-1955; officer in charge Viet-Nam affairs, Department of State, 1956-1958; officer in charge Viet-Nam affairs, Department of State (Laos affairs), 1958-1959; assigned, (Armed Forces Staff College), 1959-1960; deputy political advisory to commander in chief Pacific, (Armed Forces Staff College), 1960-1962; deputy chief mission, counselor, Ouagadougou, Upper Volta, 1962-1964; director working group, Vietnam, 1964-1965; 1st secretary, Saigon, 1965; consul general, Danang, Vietnam, 1966; graduate, National War College, 1968; country director, Laos and Cambodia, 1968-1973; deputy chief mission, counselor, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, from 1973; principal officer, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, 1974-1975; minister-counselor, American embassy, Vientiane, Laos, 1975-1977; ambassador to, Burundi, 1977-1980.
Served to Lieutenant (senior grade) United States Naval Reserve, World World War World War II. Member DACOR Foreign Svc. Association M C.