country predecessor successor death_date birth_place president death_place religion nationality ambassador_from birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name restingplace alma_mater
panama uruguay frank p. corrigan edwin c. wilson edwin c. wilson joseph f. mcgurk 3 july 1972 saint paul , minnesota franklin d. roosevelt franklin d. roosevelt harry s. truman blue hill , maine episcopalian american united states united states 11 august 1885 july 14 , 1939 12 july 1941 agnes balloch bready william dawson -lrb- diplomat -rrb-
 april 21 , 1941 6 august 1946 william dawson , jr. . washington , d.c. university of minnesota ecole libre des sciences politiques
william dawson -lrb- diplomat -rrb-

wiliam dawson , jr. -lrb- 1885 -- 1972 -rrb- 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 to 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.
