Thomas R. Pickering

Tom Pickering
17th Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
In office May 27, 1997 – December 31, 2000
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Peter Tarnoff
Succeeded by	Marc Grossman
United States Ambassador to Russia
In office May 12, 1993 – November 1, 1996
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Robert S. Strauss
Succeeded by	James F. Collins
United States Ambassador to India
In office April 6, 1992 – March 23, 1993
President	George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton
Preceded by	William Clark
Succeeded by	Frank G. Wisner
18th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
In office March 20, 1989 – May 7, 1992
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Vernon A. Walters
Succeeded by	Edward J. Perkins
United States Ambassador to Israel
In office August 6, 1985 – December 28, 1988
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Samuel W. Lewis
Succeeded by	William Andreas Brown
United States Ambassador to El Salvador
In office September 5, 1983 – June 7, 1985
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Deane R. Hinton
Succeeded by	Edwin G. Corr
United States Ambassador to Nigeria
In office November 30, 1981 – July 9, 1983
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Stephen Low
Succeeded by	Thomas W. M. Smith
Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
In office October 10, 1978 – February 24, 1981
President	Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Patsy Mink
Succeeded by	James Malone
United States Ambassador to Jordan
In office March 2, 1974 – July 13, 1978
President	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	L. Dean Brown
Succeeded by	Nicholas A. Veliotes
Executive Secretary of the Department of State
In office July 30, 1973 – January 31, 1974
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Theodore L. Eliot Jr.
Succeeded by	George Springsteen
Personal details
Born	Thomas Reeve Pickering (1931-11-05) November 5, 1931 (age 92) Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Spouse	Alice Stover ​ ​ (m. 1955; died 2011)​
Children	2
Education	Bowdoin College (BA) Tufts University (MA) University of Melbourne (MA)

Thomas Reeve "Tom" Pickering (born November 5, 1931) is a retired United States ambassador. Among his many diplomatic appointments, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992.