Butterworth, W. Walton (William Walton), 1903-1975

Portrait of W. Walton Butterworth which was used in his oral History interview. U.S. Department of State, 1928-68. Foreign Service officer and career Ambassador. Among other posts and appointments as Ambassador served as counselor of Embassy, Madrid, Spain, 1944-46; counselor of Embassy with rank of Minister, Nanking, China, 1946-47; director for Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, 1947-49; Assistant Secretary of State, 1949-50; and U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, 1950-53.

The Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. The photograph was taken during a trip to the Far East by United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup. First Row, left to right: Josephine (Mrs. Edwin F.) Stanton; Lois (Mrs. Philip C.) Jessup; Ambassador Jessup; and Walton Butterworth, Assistant Secretary of State. Second Row, left to right: John J. Muccio, United States Ambassador to Korea; unidentified man (partly obscured); Robert M. Scotten, United States Ambassador to New Zealand; and Vernice Anderson, Secretary to Ambassador Jessup (partly obscured). Third row, left to right: Robert C.