John Portner Humes (July 21, 1921 – September 30, 1985) was an American lawyer, diplomat and author who served as the United States Ambassador to Austria.
[3] During World War II, Humes served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps Intelligence Service in the European Theater.
[1] On September 26, 1969, Humes was appointed by President Richard Nixon as the United States' Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Austria.
Humes' mission was terminated when he left his post on March 6, 1975, and was succeeded by Wiley T. Buchanan Jr.[4] While in Vienna, he wrote his memoirs (in two volumes), which were later compiled into a book, Quadruple Two : Excerpts from the Vienna Diaries of Ambassador John Portner Humes which was used as a text for students at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Together, they were the parents of six sons: Andrew, Christopher, Cooper, Carl, David, and John Portner Humes Jr.[1] They lived together at Rumpus House, their 28-acre (11 ha) estate in Mill Neck, New York.