title: Bruce Wharton
text: # Bruce Wharton
  
  D. Bruce Wharton served as the acting United States' Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs from December 8, 2016, to July 2017. He was preceded by Richard Stengel and succeeded by Steve Goldstein. He was the 2011 recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Public Diplomacy.
  
  A graduate of the University of Texas in Austin, Wharton was the U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe from September 2012 to November 2015.
  
  