John M. Allison
John Moore Allison (April 7, 1905 – October 28, 1978) was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 1953 to 1957. From 1957 to 1958, he was Ambassador to Indonesia and from 1958 to 1960 to Czechoslovakia. In the 1960s and 1970s, he was a professor at the University of Hawaii.
John Moore Allison | |
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Allison (right) with Sukarno in 1957 | |
| United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia | |
| In office April 24, 1958 – May 4, 1960 | |
| Preceded by | U. Alexis Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Christian M. Ravndal |
| United States Ambassador to Indonesia | |
| In office March 13, 1957 – January 29, 1958 | |
| Preceded by | Hugh S. Cumming Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Howard P. Jones |
| United States Ambassador to Japan | |
| In office May 28, 1953 – February 2, 1957 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Daniel Murphy |
| Succeeded by | Douglas MacArthur II |
| Assistant Secretaries of State for Far Eastern Affairs | |
| In office February 1, 1952 – April 7, 1953 | |
| President | Harry Truman Dwight Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | Dean Rusk |
| Succeeded by | Walter S. Robertson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 7, 1905 Holton, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | October 28, 1978 (aged 73) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Education | University of Nebraska–Lincoln (BS) |
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