This is a list of ambassadors of the United States and other Heads of Mission to Lebanon.George Wadsworth (1942–1947) – Consul General, later promoted to Envoy. Also was head of mission to Syria but resident in Beirut. Lowell C. Pinkerton (1946–1951) – Envoy Harold B. Minor (1951–1953) – Envoy, promoted to first ambassador. Raymond A. Hare (1953–1954) Donald R. Heath (1955–1958) Robert McClintock (1958–1961) Armin H. Meyer (1961–1965) Dwight J. Porter (1965–1970) William B. Buffum (1970–1974) G. McMurtrie Godley (1974–1976) Francis E. Meloy, Jr. (1976) – Assassinated prior to presenting credentials. Richard B. Parker (1977–1978) John Gunther Dean (1978–1981) Robert Sherwood Dillon (1981–1983) Reginald Bartholomew (1983–1986) John Hubert Kelly (1986–1988)