predecessor successor birth_name birth_place president death_date death_place religion party office birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
kenneth rush g. mcmurtrie godley armin h. meyer charles w. robinson philip habib james d. hodgson robert stephen ingersoll galesburg , illinois richard m. nixon m. nixon gerald ford richard m. nixon richard 22 august 2010 evanston , illinois congregationalist republican united state for east asian and pacific affairs united states ambassador states to japan deputy secretary of state assistant secretary of 28 january 1914 july 12 , 1972 10 , 1974 january 8 , 1974 april coralyn eleanor reid robert s. ingersoll.jpg robert s. ingersoll
 march 8 , 1973 31 , 1976 july 9 , 1974 november robert s. ingersoll yale university
robert s. ingersoll

robert stephen ingersoll -lrb- january 28 , 1914 -- august 22 , 2010 -rrb- was an american businessman and former diplomat .
ingersoll was chief executive officer and chairman of the board of borgwarner and his international business experience was an important factor in his selection as united states ambassador to japan from 1972 to 1973 , and assistant secretary of state for east asian and pacific affairs from 1973 to 1974 , both during president richard nixon 's term in office .
he served as united states deputy secretary of state from 1974 to 1976 under both presidents nixon and gerald ford .
