Willard L. Beaulac

Willard Leon Beaulac


Willard Leon Beaulac in Bogota Colombia c. 1949
United States Ambassador to Paraguay
In office 1944–1947
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Wesley Frost
Succeeded by	Fletcher Warren
United States Ambassador to Colombia
In office 1947–1951
President	Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	John C. Wiley
Succeeded by	Capus M. Waynick
United States Ambassador to Cuba
In office 1951–1953
President	Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Robert Butler
Succeeded by	Arthur Gardner
United States Ambassador to Chile
In office 1953–1956
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Claude G. Bowers
Succeeded by	Cecil B. Lyon
United States Ambassador to Argentina
In office 1956–1960
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Albert F. Nufer
Succeeded by	Roy Richard Rubottom, Jr.
Personal details
Born	(1899-07-25)July 25, 1899 Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Died	August 25, 1990(1990-08-25) (aged 91) Washington, District of Columbia
Resting place	Sofa
Nationality	United States of America
Spouse(s)	Catherine Hazel Arrott Greene
Children	three daughters, one son
Parents	Sylvester Clinton Beaulac Lena Eleanor Jarvis
Education	Brown University (1918) Georgetown University (1921)
Occupation	Diplomat

Willard Leon Beaulac (July 25, 1899 – August 25, 1990) was a United States diplomat. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, Colombia, Cuba, Chile and Argentina.^[1]

Biography

He was born on July 25, 1899 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island to Sylvester Clinton Beaulac and Lena Eleanor Jarvis. 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.^[1]

He joined the United States Foreign Service in 1921. He received his first ambassadorial appointment to Paraguay in 1944. in 1947 he was named United States Ambassador to Colombia. He married Catherine Hazel Arrott Greene on February 25, 1935.^[1]

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. Before retiring around 1962 he was the deputy commandant for foreign affairs of the National War College.^[1]

He died of Alzheimer's disease on August 25, 1990 in Washington, DC.^[1]

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)

Career Ambassador, Macmillan, 1951, (memoir)
Career Diplomat: A Career in the Foreign Service of the United States (1966)
A Diplomat Looks at Aid to Latin America, Southern Illinois University Press, 1970
The Fractured Continent. Hoover Press. 1980. ISBN 9780817972516.
Franco: Silent Ally in World War II, Southern Illinois University Press, 1986, ISBN 9780809312542

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Beaulac in Havana.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Wesley Frost	United States Ambassador to Paraguay 1944–1947	Succeeded by Fletcher Warren
Preceded by John C. Wiley	United States Ambassador to Colombia 1947–1951	Succeeded by Capus M. Waynick
Preceded by Robert Butler	United States Ambassador to Cuba 1951–1953	Succeeded by Arthur Gardner
Preceded by Claude G. Bowers	United States Ambassador to Chile 1953–1956	Succeeded by Cecil B. Lyon
Preceded by Albert F. Nufer	United States Ambassador to Argentina 1956–1960	Succeeded by Roy Richard Rubottom, Jr.

United States Ambassadors to Argentina

Minister Resident	Caesar Augustus Rodney John M. Forbes Francis Baylies William Brent Jr. William Alexander Harris John Pendleton William Henry Bissell James A. Peden Mirabeau B. Lamar Benjamin C. Yancey John F. Cushman Robert M. Palmer Robert C. Kirk Alexander Asboth Henry G. Worthington Robert C. Kirk Julius White Thomas O. Osborn Bayless W. Hanna

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Bayless W. Hanna John R. G. Pitkin William Insco Buchanan William Paine Lord John Barrett Arthur M. Beaupre Spencer F. Eddy Charles Hitchcock Sherrill Huntington Wilson Charles Hitchcock Sherrill John Ridgely Carter John W. Garrett

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Frederick Jesup Stimson John W. Riddle Peter A. Jay Robert Woods Bliss Alexander W. Weddell Norman Armour Spruille Braden George S. Messersmith James Bruce Stanton Griffis Ellsworth Bunker Albert F. Nufer Willard L. Beaulac Roy R. Rubottom Jr. Robert M. McClintock Edwin M. Martin Carter L. Burgess John Davis Lodge Robert C. Hill Raúl Héctor Castro Harry W. Shlaudeman Frank V. Ortiz Jr. Theodore E. Gildred Terence Todman James Richard Cheek Ronald D. Godard Manuel Rocha Hassan Nemazee James Donald Walsh Lino Gutierrez Earl Anthony Wayne Vilma Socorro Martínez Noah Mamet

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 111443810 LCCN: n80156012 ISNI: 0000 0000 8408 7246

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