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United States diplomat

William Dawson Jr.

1st United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States
In office May 18, 1948 – July 20, 1948
President	Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Diplomatic relations established
Succeeded by	Paul C. Daniels
United States Ambassador to Uruguay
In office July 12, 1941 – August 6, 1946
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Edwin C. Wilson
Succeeded by	Joseph F. McGurk
United States Ambassador to Panama
In office July 14, 1939 – April 21, 1941
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Frank P. Corrigan
Succeeded by	Edwin C. Wilson

Personal details
Born	(1885-08-11)August 11, 1885 Saint Paul, Minnesota
Died	July 3, 1972(1972-07-03) (aged 86) Blue Hill, Maine
Resting place	Washington, D.C.
Nationality	American
Spouse	Agnes Balloch Bready
Alma mater	University of Minnesota Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques

Wiliam Dawson Jr. (August 11, 1885 – July 3, 1972) was a career United States diplomat. He was U.S. ambassador to multiple countries, including being the first ambassador to the Organization of American States.

He was born at Saint Paul, Minnesota, on August 11, 1885, the son of William Dawson and Maria Rice. After graduating from the University of Minnesota in 1906, he attended the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques in Paris and soon after entered the United States Foreign Service.

His first posting was to St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1908. He served as vice and deputy consul-general to Barcelona, Spain, and Frankfurt, Germany; and consul at Rosario, Argentina; Montevideo, Uruguay; Danzig, Poland; and Munich, Germany.

Dawson was consul-general at large from 1922 to 1924 and served as chief instructor at the Department of State's Foreign Service School from 1925 to 1928. He married Agnes Balloch Bready on June 8, 1926.

He served in Mexico as consul-general; was U.S. Minister to Ecuador, Colombia and Uruguay; and U.S. ambassador to Panama and Uruguay during his long career.

After retiring in 1946 he served as advisor on Latin American affairs to the U.S. delegation during the formation of the United Nations, went to Brazil on a special mission with General George Marshall and became the first U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States.

He died on July 3, 1972, at the Blue Hill Memorial Hospital, in Blue Hill, Maine. Following a private funeral service he was buried later at Washington, D.C.

References

"Ecuador" (List of Ambassadors to Ecuador). United States Department of State. 2005. Retrieved August 21, 2007.
"Uruguay" (List of Chiefs of Mission to Uruguay). United States Department of State. 2006. Retrieved August 18, 2007.
"Panama" (List of Ambassadors to Panama). United States Department of State. 2005. Retrieved August 27, 2007.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded byGerhard A. Bading	United States Minister to Ecuador August 9, 1930 – February 27, 1935	Succeeded byAntonio C. Gonzalez
Preceded byJulius G. Lay	United States Minister to Uruguay February 10, 1938 – June 6, 1939	Succeeded byEdwin C. Wilson
Preceded byFrank P. Corrigan	United States Ambassador to Panama July 14, 1939 – April 21, 1941	Succeeded byEdwin C. Wilson
New title Mission in Montevideo upgraded to Embassy	United States Ambassador to Uruguay July 12, 1941 – August 6, 1946	Succeeded byJoseph F. McGurk

v t e United States ambassadors to Colombia
Gran Colombia
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Anderson Watts (chargé d'affaires) Harrison Moore
Republic of New Granada
Chargé d'Affaires	McAfee Semple Blackford Bidlack Foote King Green
Minister Resident	Bowlin Jones
United States of Colombia
Minister Resident	Burton Sullivan Hurlbut Scruggs Dichman Maney
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Scruggs Jacob
Republic of Colombia
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Maury Abbott McKinney Hart Beaupre Russell Barrett T. Dawson Northcott DuBois Thompson Philip Piles Caffery Whitehouse W. Dawson
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Braden Lane Wiley Beaulac Waynick Schoenfeld Bonsal Cabot McIntosh Freeman Oliver Carlson Vaughn Saccio Vaky Sanchez Asencio Boyatt Tambs Gillespie McNamara Busby Frechette Kamman Patterson Wood Brownfield McKinley Whitaker Goldberg Palmieri (chargé d'affaires)

v t e United States ambassadors to Uruguay
Minister Resident	Asboth Worthington Kirk Stevens Caldwell
Chargé d'Affaires	Caldwell Williams Bacon
Minister Resident	Bacon Maney
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Maney Stuart Finch O'Brien Morgan Grevstad Jeffery Philip Grant-Smith Harrison Wright Lay Dawson Wilson
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Dawson McGurk Briggs Ravndal Rodden McIntosh Patterson Woodward Sparks Coerr Hoyt Robert M. Sayre Adair Siracusa Pezzullo Lane Smith (Chargé d'Affaires ad interim) Aranda Wilkey Brown Dodd Ashby Silverstein Baxter David D. Nelson Lloyd (Chargé d'Affaires ad interim) Reynoso Keiderling George Fulton

v t e United States ambassadors to Ecuador
Chargé d'affaires	McAfee Pickett (plenipotentiary) Livingston Van Alen Cushing
Minister Resident	White Buckalew Hassaurek Coggeshall Nunn Wing Wullweber
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Maheny Strobel Tillman Sampson Lee Fox Young Schuyler Hartman Bading Dawson A. Gonzalez Long
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Long Scotten Simmons Daniels Mills Ravndal Bernbaum Coerr Sessions Burns Brewster Bloomfield R. Gonzalez Hart Rondon Holwill Lambert Mack (a.i.) Romero Alexander Clare Kenney Jewell Hodges Bowen (a.i.) Zúñiga-Brown (a.i.) Namm Chapman Fitzpatrick Brown (Designate)

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