Eugene Vincent McAuliffe (November 25, 1918 – February 9, 2000) was an American Career Foreign Service Officer who served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Hungary (1975–1976).[1] He also served as Deputy Defense Secretary for International Security Affairs (May 6, 1976 – April 1, 1977) and deputy head of the American NATO Mission.[2]

Ford, Ambassador Designate Eugene V. McAuliffe (Hungary) - March 28, 1975(Gerald Ford Library)(1553009)

McAuliffe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 25, 1918.[3] He served in the Army in World War II, then entered the Foreign Service.[4] He died in Duxbury, Massachusetts, on February 9, 2000, at the age of 81.[5]

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  1. ^ "Eugene Vincent McAuliffe (1918–2000)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. ^ Borhi, László (27 June 2016). Dealing with Dictators: The United States, Hungary, and East Central Europe. ISBN 9780253019479. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  3. ^ Nomination of Eugene V. McAuliffe: Hearing Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, Second Session, on Nomination of Eugene V. McAuliffe, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Vice Robert Ellsworth, Elevated, April 29, 1976. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1976. p. 2. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  4. ^ "AMBASSADOR ROBERT M. BEECROFT" (PDF). The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Eugene V. McAuliffe obituary". Chicago Tribune. 11 February 2000. p. 216. Retrieved 23 September 2022.