country predecessor successor death_date birth_place president imagesize profession ambassador_from birth_date order term_start spouse article_title term_end name
togo leon b. poullada albert w. sherer , jr. . 1978 dauphin county , pennsylvania , united states lyndon b. johnson 150px diplomat united states 1914 3rd june 8 , 1964 melpomene `` melpo '' sasalios william witman ii
 may 8 , 1967 william witman ii
william witman ii

william witman ii -lrb- 1914 - 1978 -rrb- was an american diplomat .
he graduated from yale university in 1935 and joined the united states foreign service the same year .
he was appointed as united states ambassador to togo from 1964 to 1967 .
he retired from the foreign service in 1974 .
he married melpomene `` melpo '' sasalios and died in 1978 .
his wife died in 2006 .
