What is Dayton S. Mak?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Dayton S. Mak | image = | imagesize = | country1 = Kuwait | ambassador_from1 = United States | predecessor1 = n/a | successor1 = [[Parker T. Hart]] | president1 = [[John F. Kennedy]] | term_start1 = 1961 | term_end1 = 1963 | birth_date = {{birth date|1917|07|10}} | birth_place = [[Sioux Falls, South Dakota]] | death_date ={{death date|2018|03|16}} (aged 100) | nationality = [[United States|American]] | party = | spouse = Julie Mak | relations = | children = Holly Mak | residence = Washington DC | alma_mater = [[University of Arizona]], [[University of Pennsylvania]], [[Middle East Institute]], [[Naval War College]] | occupation = | profession = Diplomat | footnotes = | awards = Purple Hearts, Bronze Star }} '''Dayton S. Mak''' (10 July 1917 - 16 March 2018) was a [[United States|U.S.]] [[diplomat]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Mak|first=Dayton|title=Ambassador's Oral History - US State Department|url=http://www.adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Mak,%20Dayton%20S.toc.pdf|publisher=US State Department|access-date=2017-01-01|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121451/http://www.adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Mak,%20Dayton%20S.toc.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He served posts in [[England]], [[Libya]], [[Lebanon]], [[Kuwait]], [[Saudi Arabia]], and [[Germany]]. He was the first [[United States|U.S.]] [[ambassador]] of [[Kuwait]]. Mak was also former Director of the [[Bureau of Intelligence and Research]], for Near East South Asia Affairs. ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mak, Dayton S.}} [[Category:1917 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Ambassadors of the United States]] [[Category:American centenarians]] [[Category:People from Sioux Falls, South Dakota]]