Willard Leon Beaulac (July 25, 1899 – August 25, 1990) was an American diplomat. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, Colombia, Cuba, Chile and Argentina.
Early life
editWillard Leon Beaulac[1] was born on July 25, 1899, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island,[2] to Sylvester Clinton Beaulac and Lena Eleanor Jarvis.[citation needed] He attended Brown University before joining the United States Navy in 1918. After his honorable discharge in 1919, he attended the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and graduated in 1921.[2]
Career
editBeaulac joined the United States Foreign Service in 1921 as a vice consul. In 1939, he was an advisor to the U.S. delegation to the 2nd American International Labor Organization. In 1940, he was counselor to the U.S. Embassy in Cuba and had a similar role in Spain in 1941. He received his first ambassadorial appointment to Paraguay in 1944. In 1947 he was named United States Ambassador to Colombia.[2][3]
From 1951 to 1953 he was United States Ambassador to Cuba. In 1953 he succeeded Claude G. Bowers as United States Ambassador to Chile. From 1956 to 1960 he was United States Ambassador to Argentina.[2] Before retiring in the early 1960s, he was the deputy commandant for foreign affairs of the National War College.[2] From 1967 to 1969, he was a visiting professor at Southern Illinois University. He was a visiting professor of political science at Ball State University from 1970 to 1971.[4]
Personal life
editBeaulac married Catherine Hazel Arrott Greene on February 25, 1935.[2] They had three daughters and one son, Noel, Joan, Nancy Ann and Willard Leon Jr.[1][2]
Beaulac died from Alzheimer's disease at his home in Washington, D.C., on August 25, 1990, aged 91. He was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery.[2][4]
Positions
edit- US Ambassador to Argentina (1956–60)
- US Ambassador to Chile (1953–56)
- US Ambassador to Cuba (1951–53)
- US Ambassador to Colombia (1947–51)
- US Ambassador to Paraguay (1944–47)
- US State Department Consul General, Madrid (1941–44)
- US State Department Counsellor, Havana (1940–41)
- US State Department Assistant Chief, Division of American Republics (1937–40)
- US State Department Assistant Chief, Division of Latin American Affairs (1934–37)
- US State Department Second Secretary, San Salvador, El Salvador (1933)
- US State Department Second Secretary, Managua, Nicaragua (1928–33)
- US State Department Third Secretary, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (1927–28)
- US State Department Consul, Arica, Chile (1925–27)
- US State Department Vice Consul, Puerto Castilla, Honduras (1923–25)
- US State Department Vice Consul, Tampico, Mexico (1921–23)
Professor
editWorks
edit- Career Ambassador, Macmillan, 1951, (memoir)[2]
- Career Diplomat: A Career in the Foreign Service of the United States (1966)[4]
- A Diplomat Looks at Aid to Latin America, Southern Illinois University Press, 1970
- The Fractured Continent: Latin American in Close Up[5][4]
- Franco: Silent Ally in World War II, Southern Illinois University Press, 1986, ISBN 9780809312542[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Ambassador's Daughter to Marry Here". The Berkeley Gazette. 1958-12-18. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-11-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Joan Cook (August 28, 1990). "Willard Beaulac, 91, Ambassador To Five Latin American Nations". New York Times.
Willard L. Beaulac, a Foreign Service career officer who served as United States ambassador to five Latin American countries in the 1940s and 1950s, died Saturday at his home in Washington. He was 91 years old. Mr. Beaulac died of Alzheimer's disease, his wife, Catherine, said. ...
- ^ "Willard L. Beaulac". Democrat and Chronicle. 1990-08-29. p. 6B. Retrieved 2024-11-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e "Willard L. Beaulac, Former Envoy and Visiting Professor at BSU, Dies". The Muncie Evening Press. 1990-08-27. p. 18. Retrieved 2024-11-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ The Fractured Continent. Hoover Press. 1980. ISBN 9780817972516.
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