Samuel De Palma (June 22, 1918 – March 21, 2002) was an official in theUnited States Department of State.

De Palma was born inRochester, New York. He was educated at theUniversity of Rochester, graduating in 1940. After college, he took a job with theUnited States Department of War inWashington, D.C. as a civilian economic analyst and intelligence specialist.

AfterWorld War II, in 1945, De Palma joined theUnited States Foreign Service. In 1949, he was a member of theUnited States Department of State'sBureau of International Organization Affairs working at theUnited Nations until 1952. In 1956, he became deputy director of the United Nations Office of Political and Security Affairs. He then spent a year at theNational War College. He moved toParis in 1961, becoming first secretary and political office atNATO. From 1961 to 1963, he worked at the U.S.embassy in theNetherlands. He joined theArms Control and Disarmament Agency in 1963, becoming its assistant director in 1966.

In 1966,President of the United StatesLyndon B. Johnson nominated De Palma asAssistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, and, afterSenate Confirmation, De Palma held this office from February 11, 1969 until June 20, 1973.

De Palma left government service in 1973, becoming international analysis unit director ofITT Corporation. He retired in 1983.

In retirement, De Palma was president of the American and international committees of theCommunity of Democracies. He lived inBethesda, Maryland until his death frompneumonia on March 21, 2002.

• "Samuel De Palma, 83; Foreign Service Official",Washington Post, Mar. 25, 2002

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