Charles Wallace Adair Junior
Charles Wallace Adair, Jr. (born January 26, 1914 in Xenia , Ohio , † January 22, 2006 in Falls Church , Virginia ) was an American bank clerk and ambassador of the United States to Panama and Uruguay .
Life
Adair was an employee of the Chase Manhattan Bank and entered the diplomatic service in the 1930s. Before the Second World War , Adair was in Mexico in a diplomatic post.
In 1943 he was Deputy Consul in Bombay . In Paris he was accredited as a commercial attaché. From September 1961 to September 1963 Adair was Deputy Secretary General of the OECD in Paris. He was then transferred to a diplomatic post in Buenos Aires . On May 6, 1965 he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the US Government to Panama and on May 13, 1965 he presented his letter of accreditation to the government of Marco Aurelio Robles Méndez .
In 1966, students in Panama threw a milk carton filled with red paint on his back in protest. Adair left the US embassy in Panama on September 6, 1969. Adair was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Government of Richard Nixon in Uruguay on September 15, 1969 ; he presented his letter of accreditation to the government of Jorge Pacheco Areco on November 13, 1969 . During his tenure, Daniel A. Mitrione advised the Colorado government on security issues. Adair left the Montevideo embassy on September 28, 1972 and retired.
He lived in Stuart, Florida until he moved to Northern Virginia in 1996 . His wife, Caroline Marshall Adair, died in 1996.
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of OECD Secretaries-General and Deputies since 1961
- ↑ Washington Post, February 20, 2006 U.S. Ambassador Charles W. Adair Jr.
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, February 21, 2006, Charles W. Adair Jr., 91; Former US Ambassador to Panama and Uruguay
- ↑ http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/adair-charles-wallace
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Vaughn |
US Ambassador to Panama 1965–1969 |
Robert M. Sayre |
| Robert M. Sayre |
US Ambassador to Uruguay 1969–1972 |
Ernest V. Siracusa |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adair, Charles Wallace, junior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adair, Charles W. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Xenia , Ohio , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 2006 |
| Place of death | Falls Church , Virginia , United States |