Background
William B. Macomber, Junior. was born in Rochester, New York, on March 28, 1921.
William B. Macomber, Junior. was born in Rochester, New York, on March 28, 1921.
He attended Yale University, graduating in 1943. He next attended Harvard Law School, receiving his law degree in 1949.
During World World War II, he served in the United States Marine Corps, assigned to the Office of Strategic Services. After the war, he returned to Yale, receiving a master"s degree in 1947. He then worked at Boston University as a lecturer in government, then moved on to the University of Chicago, receiving a second master"s degree in 1951.
Macomber joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1951.
Two years later, he moved to the United States Department of State as a special assistant of intelligence. President John F. Kennedy then named Macomber as United States Ambassador to Jordan and Macomber held this post from April 5, 1961, until December 25, 1963.
In 1964, he became assistant administrator of the United States Agency for International Development. Macomber returned to the office of Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs after he was named to the office by President Lyndon B. Johnson, and Macomber served in this office from March 7, 1967, through October 2, 1969.
From 1969 to 1973, Richard Nixon named Macomber Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management.
Macomber then served as United States Ambassador to Turkey from 1973 to 1977. In 1975, he published a book, The Angels" Game: A Handbook of Modern Diplomacy. He retired from the United States Foreign Service in 1977.
In 1978, Macomber became the first full-time president of the Metropolitan Museum of Artist
As president, he oversaw implementation of the Mobile Marketing Association "s master plan developed under his predecessor C. Douglas Dillon. In 1983, he was among the founders of the American Academy of Diplomacy.
In retirement, Macomber taught social studies and coached football at Nantucket High School. Macomber died of complications related to Parkinson"s disease at his home in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on November 19, 2003.