Theodore L. Eliot Jr.

Theodore Lyman Eliot Jr. (January 24, 1928 – August 8, 2019)^[1][2] was an American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan from 1973 to 1978. He was a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Boston's Eliot family.

Ted Eliot
9th Inspector General of the Department of State
In office July 5, 1978 – October 16, 1978
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Robert M. Sayre
Succeeded by	Robert C. Brewster
12th United States Ambassador to Afghanistan
In office November 21, 1973 – June 14, 1978
President	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Robert G. Neumann
Succeeded by	Adolph Dubs
4th Executive Secretary of the Department of State
In office August 10, 1969 – September 26, 1973
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Benjamin H. Read
Succeeded by	Thomas R. Pickering
Personal details
Born	Theodore Lyman Eliot Jr. (1928-01-24)January 24, 1928 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	August 8, 2019(2019-08-08) (aged 91) Sonoma, California, U.S.
Education	Harvard University (BA, MPA)

Eliot graduated from Harvard College in 1948 and received a Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School in 1956. He also served as Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University^[3] and as Secretary General for the United States of the Bilderberg Meetings from 1981 to October 1993.^[4]