Clare Hayes Timberlake
Clare Hayes Timberlake (born October 29, 1907 in Jackson , Michigan , † February 22, 1982 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an American diplomat .
Life
The father was a wire and cable manufacturer. His mother used to be a singer. He studied political science and law at the University of Michigan and the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
He joined the US diplomatic service in 1930. He was Deputy Consul in Toronto , Canada from 1931 and became Vice Consul in Buenos Aires , Argentina in 1932 . In 1935 he moved to Montevideo , Uruguay, as the third secretary of the embassy , and was transferred to Zurich in 1937 in the same function . During the Spanish Civil War he was the third legation secretary in Vigo . He stayed there until 1940. He was then vice-consul and later consul in Aden and French Somaliland . In 1943 he assumed a senior position in the Middle East division of the United States Department of State . In 1945 he was deputy head of the Africa department and a year later its head. During this time he has traveled to Africa several times. In 1947 he completed a course at the national war school. From 1948 he was Consul General in Bombay and in 1950 Legation Councilor at the Embassy in Delhi.
From 1952 on, Timberlake was consul general in Hamburg . He became counselor in 1955 in Lima , Peru and in 1957 in Buenos Aires. In 1959 he became Deputy Chef de Mission in Bonn . In late 1960 he was named special envoy to Dwight D. Eisenhower for the independence celebrations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the first United States ambassador to that country.
John F. Kennedy , who fundamentally changed American policy towards the Democratic Republic of the Congo, recalled Timberlake in June 1961 and transferred him to Maxwell Air Force Base as a liaison officer .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Clare H. Timberlake; Longtime US Envoy (English) , The New York Times . February 25, 1982, p. B 16.
- ^ David N. Gibbs: The political economy of Third World intervention ( English ). University of Chicago Press, 1991, ISBN 9780226290713 , p. 103.
literature
- Clare H. Timberlake , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 07/1961 of February 6, 1961, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
|
US ambassador to the Congo 1960 to 1961 |
Edmund Asbury Gullion |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Timberlake, Clare Hayes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jackson , Michigan |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1982 |
| Place of death | Bethesda , Maryland |