What is George S. Vest?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = George S. Vest | image = George Southall Vest 1982 (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Vest in 1982 | ambassador_from2 = United States | country2 = the European Union | term_start2 = 1981 | term_end2 = 1985 | president2 = [[Ronald Reagan]] | predecessor2 = [[Thomas O. Enders]] | successor2 = [[J. William Middendorf]] | birth_name = George Southall Vest | birth_date = {{birth date|1918|12|25}} | birth_place = [[Columbia, Virginia]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|8|24|1918|12|25}} | death_place = [[Bethesda, Maryland]], U.S. | resting_place = | education = | alma_mater = [[University of Virginia]] | occupation = diplomat | spouse = {{marriage|Emily Clemons |1947|2015|end=d.}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_xJ4R0t9G3oC&q=Emily+Clemons+Vest+1946|title = International Who's Who, 1983-84|date = December 1983|isbn = 9780905118864}}</ref> | children = 3 | office3 = 11th [[Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs]] | term_start3 = June 16, 1977 | term_end3 = April 14, 1981 | preceded3 = [[Arthur A. Hartman]] | succeeded3 = [[Lawrence Eagleburger]] | office4 = 18th [[Director General of the Foreign Service]] | term_start4 = June 8, 1984 | term_end4 = May 3, 1989 | preceded4 = [[Alfred Atherton]] | succeeded4 = [[Edward Joseph Perkins]] | office5 = 3rd [[Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs|Director of the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs]] | term_start5 = April 29, 1974 | term_end5 = March 27, 1977 | preceded5 = [[Seymour Weiss (diplomat)|Seymour Weiss]] | succeeded5 = [[Leslie H. Gelb]] }} '''George Southall Vest''' (December 25, 1918 &ndash; August 24, 2021)