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J. William Middendorf

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Person.png J. William Middendorf  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(diplomat)
John William Middendorf (1969).jpg
Born22 September, 1924
Baltimore, Maryland
Alma materCollege of the Holy Cross, Harvard College
Member ofInstitute of World Politics, International Republican Institute/Board and Staff, The Heritage Foundation
PartyRepublican
former United States diplomat, Secretary of the Navy, and Republican political operative.

Employment.png U.S. Ambassador to The EU

In office
June 23, 1989 - August 26, 1991

Employment.png US/Ambassador to the OAS

In office
1 July 1981 - 20 June 1985
Succeeded byRichard McCormack

Employment.png United States Secretary of the Navy

In office
April 8, 1974 - January 20, 1977
Succeeded byW. Graham Claytor

John William Middendorf II is a former United States diplomat, Secretary of the Navy, and Republican political operative.

He is a member of the board of trustees for The Heritage Foundation.

Activities

In 1969, as US ambassador to the Netherlands, Middendorf gifted a moon rock to former PM Willem Drees. The rock ended up in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. In 2009, it was exposed that the object, which is roughly the size of a matchbox was "nothing but petrified wood hardly worth 50 euros". The US space agency NASA gifted pieces of the alleged moon rock to several countries.[1]



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