- Selden Chapin
Selden Chapin (
September 19 ,1899 –March 26 ,1963 ) was a career foreign service officer and United States diplomat.Biography
Selden Chapin was born at
Erie, Pennsylvania . He graduated from theUnited States Naval Academy in 1919 and served in the Navy from 1919 to 1925. He married Mary Paul Noyes, March 30, 1927.He was appointed a foreign service officer in March 1925. He was the U. S. ambassador to Iran, Netherlands, Peru and Panama. He is interred in
Arlington National Cemetery .His son was
Frederic L. Chapin , ambassador to Ethiopia and Guatemala. His niece and ward isHope Cooke , wife of the former king ofSikkim .succession box
title =United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
before =Herman B. Baruch
after =H. Freeman Matthews
years =27 October 1949 –30 October 1953 succession box
title =United States Ambassador to Panama
before =John C. Wiley
after =Julian F. Harrington
years =2 January 1954 –29 May 1955 succession box
title =United States Ambassador to Iran
before =Loy W. Henderson
after =Edward T. Wailes
years = 1955– 1958succession box
title =United States Ambassador to Peru
before =Theodore Achilles
after = James Loeb
years =7 May 1960 –7 August 1960 External links
* [http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/schapin.htm Selden Chapin] at Arlington Cemetery
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DATE OF BIRTH=September 19 ,1899
PLACE OF BIRTH=Erie, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH=March 26 ,1963
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