U.S. Ambassadors in Latin America
As head of the country team, the U.S. ambassador carries the main responsibility for carry ing out U.S. policy in a given country. In making his appointments to these highly sensitive posts in...
...Advanced Management Program, Harvard....with NBC (1941-43...
...and Yale (M.A...
...1957-59)....Principal Officer, American Consul, Barbados and Wind- ward and Leeward Islands (1962-65...
...Rowan Co...
...and M.A...
...Brown (M.A...
...House of Representatives (1946-49...
...only three of his 17 appointments could be considered directly political appointments or payoffs to his supporters: Lodge in Argentina, De Roulet in Jamaica and Symington in Trinidad and Tobago...
...specialists in general hardware, building supplies and retail lumber)....active in Maryland politics...
...Officer-in-Charge of French and Iberian Affairs (1951-54)....Deputy Director, Offic( of Regional European Affairs (1957-58...
...Panama: ROBERT M. SAYRE, 45, sworn in October 8, 1969 Willamette University (B.S...
...The New Leader, September 29, 1969...
...For briefs on Charles Appleton Meyer (Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs) and John N. Irwin II (Nixon's envoy to negotiations with Peru), see NACLA Newsletter for March 1969...
...various posts in Prague, Florence, Rome, Moscow (1947-56...
...fluent in French and Spanish....Lt...
...National War College (1957-58)....Deputy Chief of Mission, Quito, Ecuador (1962)....Charg6 d'Affaires, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1962-64)....Deputy Inspector General of Foreign Service Inspector Corps (1964-69...
...Sayre switched posts with Adair...
...Chief of Political Section, Saigon (1953-5S...
...Bolivian Desk Officer, State Dept...
...Haiti: CLINTON E. KNOX, 61, confirmed October 8, 1969 Williams (A.B...
...Mission to the United Nations....Deputy Chief of Mission, Lima, Peru (1963-69...
...The Lodge family is also prominent in Boston finance...
...Colombia: JACK HOOD VAUGHN, 49, sworn in June 5, 1969 University of Michigan (A.B...
...and Ph.D...
...1957-58...
...1930-32...
...fluent in French, Spanish and Portuguese....with the Guatemala Division of the United Fruit Company (1938-41)....U.S...
...1968...
...President of E.O...
...As pointed out in James Bradshaw's article on "Nixon's Stolid Diplomats" (The New Leader, September 29, 1969), the President prefers FSO's who have spent most of their careers outside the hemisphere -- though all have served in the area -- supposedly to break down the insularity of the Latin American bureau...
...Delegations to NATO, Economic Commission to Europe, GATT, Colombo Plan and SEATO (1953-59...
...1965-69...
...Director of the Root-Lowell Corporation, Powers Regulator Co., Chicago, and managing director of various industrial firms....Postmaster General of the United States (1957-59)....Ambassador to Finland (1959-60...
...Honduras: HEWSON A. RYAN, 47, confirmed October 8, 1969 Yale (B.A...
...Much of the FSOs' and ambassadors' work falls under the heading of intelligence...
...He also prefers career men who do not bear the "taint" of the Alliance for Progress (Ryan in Honduras and Vaughn in Colombia are the exceptions...
...1958-60...
...as an economist with Bureau of Economic Affairs and Bureau of Inter-American Affairs....Executive positions, Bureau of Inter-American Security Affairs...
...European Editor with Cowles Magazine and Broadcasting (1954-60) and Assistant to President (1960-62...
...State Department Personnel Officer (1959-61)....Deputy Chief of Mission, Chile (1961-65...
...Public Relations Officer and Press Censor, Sicilian Campaign, Italy, and Southern France....member of U.S...
...North Texas Agriculture College, University of Texas....various posts in Foreign Service in Mexico, Honduras (1943-55...
...Dominican Republic: FRANCIS E. MELOY, JR., 52, sworn in June 9, 1969 American University (B.A...
...Chief of Political Section in Lima (1957-59...
...served in Mexico City (1946-49), Glasgow (1950-54), Nicosia (1957-60)....United Kingdom Desk Office, Bureau of European Affairs (1954-57).....attended National Defense College (1960-61).....Director of West Coast Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs (1961-64)....Ambassador to Cyprus (1964-69...
...Naval Reserve, Lt...
...Siruco Brazil: CHARLES B. ELBRTCK, 61, sworn in June 18, 1969 Williams College, fluent in French, Spanish, German and Portuguese....joined Foreign Service (1931), served in Panama, England, Haiti, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Portugal...
...Lecturer, Centros Venezolano-Americano in U.S...
...worked with a Wall Street law firm...
...various posts in Havana, Algiers, Naples, Rome, Haiti, Rabat, Paris, Madrid (1941-47...
...Ambassador to ConRo (Kinshasa) (1967-69...
...Nicaragua: KENNEDY McCAMPBELL CROCKETT, 49, appointed 1967...
...Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, State Dept...
...Information Officer, Santiago, Chile (1956)....Public Affairs Officer, Santiago (1958-60...
...Army (1943-45)....joined State Dept...
...Since 1886, there have been just 12 years in which there was not a Lodge in elective or appointive office...
...Universidad de Madrid (Ph.D...
...Mr...
...Special Assistant, Bureau of Consular and Security Affairs (1950-53)....Deputy Principal Officer, U.S...
...member United Church of Christ...
...of Chicago (1955-57...
...In 1958, Mr...
...with the U.S...
...Minister to Bulgaria (196566)....Senior Staff, National Security Council (1966...
...As Deputy Director of the USIA for Latin America, Ryan fought to have it act as the sole purveyor of Alliance for Progress information instead of sharing the task with other Latin American countries and Organizations...
...Organization of American States (OAS): JOSEPH JOHN JOVA, 53, sworn in July 15, 1969 Miami Military Academy, Newburg Free Academy, Dartmouth (A.B...
...Governor of Connecticut (1950-54)....Ambassador on special Presidential missions to Panama, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico (1953...
...a Colonel in U.S...
...Sayre to Panama, Adair to Uruguay...
...Deputy Chief of Mission, Rome (1964-69...
...Operations Mission, Bangkok, Thailand (1954-55...
...Well over half of Nixon's appointments have upper class backgrounds and have studies at the country's elite universities...
...Director of the USIA's Bi- national Centers in La Paz, Bolivia and San Jose, Costa Rica (1948-52...
...1943-46...
...Leader of Special Study Group on Economic Problems of Cambodia and Laos for the International Cooperation Administration, State Dept...
...Ambassador to Ethiopia (1963-67...
...Economic and Commercial Officer, La Paz, Bolivia (1946-48...
...in U.S...
...Chief Industrial Engineer, Bendix Aviation Corp...
...Ambassador Biography Sources: 1) Foreign Service List, May and September 1969, State Department 2) The Biographical Register, July 1968, State Department 3) Who's Who in America, Marquis, Chicago 4) James Bradshaw, "Nixon's Stolid Latin Diplomats...
...They include, when available, information on age, date of confirmation or swearing in, education, military service and private and government careers...
...Navy overseas (1942-46)....joined Foreign Service (1947).....served in Iraq, Morocco and Portugal.....Officer-in-Charge, French-Iberian Affairs, State Dept...
...for a study of Nelson Rockefeller's mission to Latin America, see Newsletters for April 1969 and May-June 1969.Ine AmDassaaors...
...Nixon's appointments include tokens for the Blacks (Knox in Haiti) and for women (Donovan in Barbados...
...Associated Press foreign correspondent (1944-54...
...In making his appointments to these highly sensitive posts in Latin America, President Nixon appears to have relied primarily on career Foreign Service Officers (FSO's) and State Department personnel...
...aid pro- gram, having served as local program director for the AID precursor in Panama (1956), Bolivia (1956-58), Mali and Senegal (1960-61) and in its planning office in Washington, D.C...
...Jamaica: VINCENT De ROIILET, 44, sworn in October 1, 1969 Claremont Men's College (A.B...
...Instructor in French and Spanish, University of Pennsylvania (1946-48...
...Marine Corps (1943-46...
...fleets...
...and Meloy in the Dominican Republic began his career as a Lt...
...interests in Cuba are represetted by Switzerland Ecuador: EDSON O. SESSIONS, 67, appointed September 1968 Chicago Latin School (B.S), Harvard (1925)....Edson O. Sessons Co., Ltd., Portland, Detroit, New YoTk City (1925-30...
...1955-57...
...Political Officer, Paris (1955-59...
...with R.A...
...Political Officer with the U.S...
...Guyana: SPENCER M. KING, 52, sworn in July 2, 1969 Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico....Yale (A.B...
...Adviser to U.S...
...Naval Reserve (1944-46)....Assistant in History at Tufts College (1947)....joined Foreign Service (1947...
...El Salvador: WILLIAM G. BOWDLER, 45, appointed November 1968 Born in Argentina, naturalized in 1945...
...in Pacific and North Atlantic Theaters (1942-45)....joined Foreign Service (1946...
...Ambassador to Uruguay (1968-69...
...Consulate, Munich (1954-58)....Consul General, Manila (1960-62...
...Commander, Intelligence (1942-46...
...joined Foreign Service (1946)....various State Dept...
...Consul of Embassy, Honduras (1963-64)....Ambassador to Dahomey (1964-69...
...Among the ambassadors in Latin America, there are several who appear to be intelligence specialists: Ylitalo in Paraguay is an ex-FBI special agent and was chief of the political (intelligence) section in Finland (1946-50...
...negotiator at the Paris Peace Con- ference...
...Siracusa was awarded the Department of State Meritorious Service Award "for imaginative thinking in combating Soviet propaganda...
...Olaf College (A.B...
...Political Officer, Paris (NATO Defense College) (1957)....First Secretary, Paris (To NATO and other regional Organizations) (1957-58...
...as a Research Analyst (1945)....worked way up to Chief, Division of Research, Western Europe (1946-55...
...1934-54...
...Commander in Navy intelligence and headed the highly sensitive Saigon political section (1953-55) before going on to political section positions in Paris and at NATO...
...of Florida (1955-57)...President of Root-Lowell Manufacturing Co...
...Regional Director of the Latin American Programs of the Peace Corps (1961-64...
...Chief of Political Section, Helsinki, Finland (194650...
...Senator, unsuccessful Vice-Presidential candi- date, Ambassador to Saigon, and currently Chief U.S...
...single, only U.S...
...Nixon has retained five Johnson appointees (four of them career FSO's) and still has two unfilled posts (Costa Rica and Venezuela...
...Special Assistant for Consular Affairs in Charge of Mexican Affairs, State Dept...
...attended National War College (1948)....Consul of Embassy, Havana, Cuba (1949-51), London (1951-52) and Paris (1952- 53)....European Affairs Section, State Dept...
...Lecturer in Soviet and Russian History, Howard University (1962...
...Direcor, .Office of Western European Affairs (1958-61...
...Assistant Chief of Division, Eastern European Affairs (1945-48...
...1959-61...
...1962-63), Director (1964-65)....Consul to Embassy, Deputy Chief of Mission, Costa Rica (1965-67...
...Binational Center grantee, Bogota, Colombia (1951-54...
...Northwestern University (MBA), University of Minnesota...
...Ambassador to Panama (1965-69...
...Chile: EDWARD M. KORRY, 47, appointed 1967 Washington and Lee University (A.B...
...Guatemala: NATHANIEL DAVIS, 44, appointed November 1968 Phillips Exeter Academy, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (M.A...
...Special Assistant to Peace Corps Director (1962-63), Deputy Assistant Director (1963-65...
...Loyola University and UCLA....U.S...
...is closely identified with the U.S...
...Ryan's appointment is reportedly the result of a "deal" between the State Dept...
...Navy as liaison officer between French and U.S...
...Navy (1946-48)....prior to World War II, numerous positions with Pan American Airways, including supervision of local Argentine staff (1936-37 and Senior Traffic Representative in Europe for Manager of Transatlantic Clipper Service (1939-48...
...Research Assistant, State Department (1950)....in charge of Antartica and International Geophysical Year Affairs (1956)....various posts in the Cuban Embassy (1956-59)....Deputy Coordinator of Cuban Affairs, State Department (1964-65...
...1955)....Trustee and Vice-President of North Shore Hospital, New York (1961)....was Mayor of Village of North Hills, New York.Mexico: ROBERT H. McBRIDE, 51, sworn in June 24, 196S Born in England of American parents...
...George Washington University (LL.D...
...Instructor, University of Alabama, School of Business (1938-41)....Special Agent, FBI (1941-46...
...Ambassador to Yugoslavia (1964-69...
...Venezuela: No ambassador appointed - post vacant...
...1956-58)....Appointed Director of West Coast Affairs, State Dept...
...1956)....President of E.O...
...Elbrick was kidnapped on September 4, 1969 by Brazilian urban guerrillas and held until Sep- tember 8 when Brazilian Military Government released 15S political prisoners and read the guerrillas' demands and manifesto over national TV and radio...
...President of Baltimore County Supply Co., OwinRs Mills, Md...
...Army (1942-46)....Spanish Institute, Yale (1947-49).....English Instructor, private language schools (1949-50...
...A member of one of America's powerful political dynasties...
...Consultant, Army Ordinance Dpartkent, New York and Chicago Districts (1942-45...
...Ambassador to Spain (1955-61...
...Instructor, Michigan State College (1931-35, 1939-43)....U.S...
...Chief, Economic and Political Section, Prague (1951-54)....Chief, East Europe Branch, Voice of America (1954-55)....Special Assistant, Bureau of American Republic Affairs (1955-57...
...Captain, U.S...
...Stanford (M.A.-Economics...
...Sessions Co...
...Chairman of the Foreign Policy Research Institute (1964?)....early in career, Lodge acted in and made movies in Hollywood and Europe, playing opposite Shirley Temple, Marlene Dietrich and Frances Dee, among others....married act- ress and dancer Francesca Baggiotti...
...Chairman of the Chilean Fulbright Comittee...
...1953-58), becoming Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs in 1957....appointed Career Minister (1958)....Ambassador to Portugal (1958-64...
...Latin American Adviser to President Johnson (1964-65)....Deputy Assistant Secretary in Bureau of Inter-American Affairs (1965-68...
...Army overseas (1942-46...
...Assistant Chief of Aviation Division, Office of Transportation and Communication (1962-63)....Deputy Director and Director, Office of Visas (1965-68)....Principal Officer, Tijuana, Mexico (1968-69...
...Deputy Secretary General of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (1961-63)....Deputy Chief of Mission, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1963-65...
...Trinidad-Tobago: JOHN FIFE SYMINGTON, 59, sworn in August 14, 1969 Princeton (B.A...
...assignments (1949-53...
...cote of Commendation to Antonio Guerra, contract gardener for the Embossy resdence for the past 27 years...
...The following are abbreviated biographies on current (as of November 1, 1969) ambassadors in Latin America...
...American Institute of Banking (1937-38), George Washington University, Princeton (graduate studies)....entered Foreign Service (1940...
...Navy, Lt...
...Princeton (A.B...
...of California (1960-68)....Awarded the Order of White Elephant, Thailand...
...First Secretary, Guatemala (1958-60...
...John's brother, Henry Cabot Lodge, was a U.S...
...named Executive Secretary to President Kennedy's Task Force on Latin America, participating in the formulation of the Allianc for Progress....Deputy Director and Director, Office of Mexican Affairs (1961-64...
...Bolivia: ERNEST V. SIRACUSA, 50, appointed September 1969 Joined Foreign Service (1941), served in Mexico City, Guatemala and Argentina...
...and the USIA whereby an occasional Information man will be rewarded with an ambassadorial post...
...with specialization in Latin American affairs...
...Director of U.S...
...served in Mexico, India, Argentina, Brazil and Belgium....member of U.S...
...Consular General, Tijuana, Mexico (1960-62)....Deputy Director, Office of Caribbean and Mexican Affairs, State Dept...
...and M.A...
...Officer-in-Charge of Brazilian Affairs, State Dept...
...Uruguay: CHARLES W. ADAIR, 55, appointed October 8, 1969 University of Wisconsin (A.B...
...1948-51...
...Peru: TAYLOR G. BELCHER, 49, sworn in August 21, 1969 Brown (A.B...
...Army (1944-46...
...Management Consultant, J.0...
...Argentina: JOHN DAVIS LODGE, 66, sworn in June 6, 1969 Harvard, Harvard Law School, Ecole de Droit...
...President, Sessions Engineering Co...
...Air Force Sgt...
...Author of the Korry Report on African Development for Pres- ident Johnson...
...Special Studies China Industrialization Program, Ntionalist Government (1943...
...Appointed to Foreign Service (1941...
...woman ambassador in Latin America...
...Paraguay: JOHN R. YLITALO, 53, sworn in July 28, 1969 St...
...Special Assistant to Director, Office of American Republic Affairs (1946-47...
...Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (M.A...
...Harvard (Ph.D), University of Paris...
...Chairman of the Board, Towne-Oller and Associates, Inc...
...McKinsey & Co., Chicago and New York City (1932-34...
...various Far East posts (1948-54)....Consul, Milan, Italy (1954-56)....Chief of Southern Europe Branch, Intelligence and Research, Washington, D.C...
...Sessions Co...
...Executive Liaison Officer, State Department (1965-68...
...Lawyer....Captain in U.S...
...Columbia and Cornell (Russian language and Area studies), Universidad Central de Venezuela....Ensign, U.S...
...Delegation to 5th Meeting of Ministers of the Americas....worked way up to position of Deputy Director of Policy and Research in the USIA (1961-69...
...International Relations Officer, State Dept...
...Economic and Financial Adviser, Havana, Cuba (1960-61...
...University of Richmond (B.A...
...History (1961...
...Army Reserve....entered State Dept...
...Ambassador to Honduras (1965-69)....member of Roman Catholic Church...
...First Secretary, Caracas, Venezuela (1960-62...
...of Los Angeles in real estate management....Chairman of Board, Patrina Corporation (1958...
...University of Chicago (1951)....Major in U.S...
...Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (1965-66)....Director of the Peace Corps (1966-69).Costa Rica: No ambassador app in:ed - post vacan: Cuba: United States cut off diplomatic relations in January 1961...
...all of them have intelligence training...
...For more on the Lodge BUENOS AIRES-Ambasdor John Dynasty, see: America's Political Dynasties by Stephen Hess (New York: Doubleday Co., Davis Lodge, right, presnft a Certifi- 1966...
...lecturer, Johns Hopkins School of Ad- vanced International Studies...
...Ambassador to Panama (1964-65...
...Assistant Director, Office of Caribbean Affairs, State Dept...
...Barbados: EILEFN R. DONOVAN, 54, appointed summer 1969 Teachers College, Boston (B.S., Master in Education), Harvard (MPA)....Captain, Women's Army Corps (1943-46)....joined Foreign Service (1948...
...1958)....Chief of Mutual Defense Affairs, Rome....Adviser on Political and Security Affairs, U.S...
...Army overseas (1941-46...
...Mission to NATO and European Regional Organizations...
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