William Dawson (ambassador)

Infobox Officeholder
name = William Dawson, Jr.


ambassador_from = United States
country = Panama
term_start = July 14, 1939
term_end = April 21, 1941
predecessor = Frank P. Corrigan
successor = Edwin C. Wilson
president = Franklin D. Roosevelt
ambassador_from2 = United States
country2 = Uruguay
term_start2 = 12 July 1941
term_end2 = 6 August 1946
successor2 = Joseph F. McGurk
president2 = Franklin D. Roosevelt
birth_date = birth date|1885|8|11
birth_place = Saint Paul, Minnesota
death_date = death date and age|1972|7|3|1885|8|11
death_place = Blue Hill, Maine
restingplace = Washington, D.C.
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nationality = American
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spouse = Agnes Balloch Bready
relations =
children =
residence =
alma_mater = University of Minnesota
Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques
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profession =
religion = Episcopalian


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Wiliam Dawson, Jr. (1885-1972) 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 11 August 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 1925-1928. He married Agnes Balloch Bready on 8 June 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 3 July 1972 at the Blue Hill Memorial Hospital, in Blue Hill, Maine. Following a private funeral service he was buried later at Washington, D.C.

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succession box
title = United States Minister to Ecuador
before = Gerhard A. Bading
after = Antonio C. Gonzalez
years = 9 August 1930–27 February 1935succession box
title = United States Minister to Uruguay
before = Julius G. Lay
after = Edwin C. Wilson
years = 10 February 1938–6 June 1939succession box
title = United States Ambassador to Panama
years = July 14, 1939–April 21, 1941
before = Frank P. Corrigan
after = Edwin C. Wilsons-new
reason = Mission in Montevideo
upgraded to Embassys-ttl
title = United States Ambassador to Uruguay
years = 12 July 1941–6 August 1946s-aft
after = Joseph F. McGurk