Nathaniel Davis

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Nathaniel Davis (born April 12, 1925 in Boston , Massachusetts , † May 16, 2011 in Claremont , California ) was an American diplomat and university professor who was ambassador several times and was Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in 1975 . Most recently he was ambassador to Switzerland between 1976 and 1977 .

Life

After attending school, Davis began an undergraduate degree at Brown University , graduating in 1944 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He then did military service in the US Navy from 1944 to 1946 during World War II . He then completed a degree at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1947 with a Master of Arts (MA) and also completed a history degree at Tufts University in 1947 . There he joined the academic honor society Phi Beta Kappa .

In 1947 Davis joined the diplomatic service in the US State Department and was initially vice consul at the embassy in Czechoslovakia between 1947 and 1949 and vice consul in Florence from 1949 to 1952 . After he was vice consul at the embassy in Italy between 1952 and 1953 , he became consul at the embassy in the Soviet Union in 1954 and remained there until 1956. After his return to the USA in 1957 he became a consultant for the Soviet Union at the State Department in Washington, DC 1962 he switched to the Peace Corps , where he was initially special assistant to the director and finally deputy director until 1965.

On June 4, 1965, Davis replaced Eugenie Anderson as envoy to Bulgaria and remained in this post until May 20, 1966, when John M. McSweeney succeeded him on October 26, 1966. On November 21, 1968 he succeeded John Gordon Mein as ambassador to Guatemala and held this office until August 21, 1971. His successor there was on October 19, 1971 William G. Bowdler . He then took over the post of Ambassador of the United States to Chile from Edward M. Korry on October 20, 1971, and held this post until November 1, 1973, whereupon David H. Popper succeeded him on February 22, 1974.

Davis himself then returned to the State Department and was there on November 13, 1973 successor to William O. Hall as Director General of the Foreign Service . He held this position until March 17, 1975 and was then replaced on April 11, 1975 by Carol Laise . Then he pulled on April 2, 1975 Donald B. Easum as head of the Africa Unit in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs ) from, however, remained in this use only until 18 December 1975, was on 19 December 1975 by , Jr. William E. Spatulas replaced. Most recently he was on January 9, 1976 as the successor to Peter H. Dominick Ambassador to Switzerland and held this diplomatic post until July 31, 1977. His successor there was on September 13, 1977 Marvin L. Warner .

After retiring from the diplomatic service, Davis, who was also involved in the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the American Academy of Diplomacy , took over a professorship at Naval War College (NWC) in Newport from 1977 to 1983 and was then from 1983 Professor of Political Science at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont until his death in 2011 .

His marriage to Elizabeth Davis had five children.

Publications

  • Mozambique Independence. Based on a statement by Ambassador Nathaniel Davis, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, before the Subcommittee on Africa of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations , US State Department, Washington, DC 1975
  • The last two years of Salvador Allende , Tauris, London 1985, ISBN 1-85043-007-1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Bulgaria on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  2. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Guatemala on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  3. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Chile on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  4. ↑ Directors General of the Foreign Service on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  5. ^ Assistant Secretaries of State for African Affairs on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  6. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Switzerland on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
personal data
SURNAME Davis, Nathaniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 2011
Place of death Claremont , California