Wiley T. Buchanan

Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr. (born January 4, 1914 in Texas , † February 16, 1986 in Washington, DC ) was an American diplomat .

Life

Wiley Buchanan studied at Southern Methodist University (Dallas) and George Washington University in Washington. He began his administrative career on the War Production Board during World War II . From 1950 to 1952 he was an official in the National Production Authority ( s ). In 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed him diplomatic chargé d'affaires for the US mission in Luxembourg , before he was promoted to ambassador in 1955 after formal diplomatic relations had been established.

From 1957 to 1961 he was Chief of Protocol in the White House under President Eisenhower. He wrote the book Red Carpet at the White House , which was published in 1964, based on the memories from this time .

On March 25, 1975, at the political request of President Gerald Ford , he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Austria . On April 2, 1975, he presented the Austrian President Rudolf Kirchschläger with his certificate of appointment. He held the post until March 31, 1977.

His family has owned the historic Beaulieu House in Newport, Rhode Island, since 1974 . Most recently he lived in a retirement home in Washington DC and died at the age of 72.

From his marriage to his wife Ruth Buchanan Wheeler (a granddaughter of Herbert Henry Dow ) there was a son, Wiley Buchanan III. , as well as the daughters Bonnie, married. Matheson and Diane, married Traina, married Wilsey (born 1944). Diane's son, Trevor Traina , was also nominated as ambassador to Austria in 2018.

Web links

• Obituary of Wiley T Buchanan, Former Protocol Chief; New York Times, February 18, 1986, accessed January 24, 2018
• Wiley T. Buchanan in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library

predecessor	Office	successor
-	US Ambassador to Luxembourg 1956 (head of mission since 1953)	Vinton Chapin
John P. Humes	US ambassador to Austria 1975–1977	Milton Wolf