Winthrop G. Brown

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Winthrop G. Brown

Winthrop Gilman Brown (born July 12, 1907 in Seal Harbor , Maine , † May 25, 1987 in Washington, DC ) was an American diplomat who was ambassador to Laos between 1960 and 1962 and ambassador to South Korea from 1964 to 1967 was. In 1969 he was awarded the title of Career Ambassador , the highest rank in the diplomatic service.

Life

Winthrop Gilman Brown, the second of three children of the clergy William Adams Brown and his wife Helen Gilman Noyes Brown, began after the school a undergraduate degree at Yale University , which he in 1927 with a Bachelor of Arts finished (BA). A subsequent study of law at the Law School of Yale University, he graduated in 1932 with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.). After his subsequent admission to the New York State Bar Association , he took up a practice as a lawyer in New York City . In 1941 he joined the diplomatic service of the US State Department as a Foreign Service Officer and was employed by W. Averell Harriman's mission and the Mission for Economic Affairs in London until 1945 . Subsequently, between 1945 and 1948 he was head of the trade policy department, from 1948 to 1951 he was head of the international trade policy department and finally between 1951 and 1952 he was head of the international materials policy department in the Foreign Ministry.

Brown then served as First Secretary and Counselor at the Embassy in the United Kingdom from 1952 to 1956, and at the same time as Director of the Mission for International Cooperation in London from 1955 to 1956, before becoming Counselor and Envoy at the 1957-1960 Embassy in India was. On July 5, 1960 he was appointed ambassador to Laos and handed over his credentials there on July 25, 1960 as the successor to Horace H. Smith . He remained in this post until June 28, 1962 and was then replaced by Leonard S. Unger . Upon his return, he served as Assistant Commandant of Foreign Affairs for the National War College (NWC) at Fort Lesley J. McNair between 1962 and 1964 .

On July 31, 1964, Winthrop Brown was appointed ambassador to South Korea as the successor to Samuel D. Berger and handed over his accreditation there on August 14, 1964. He remained in this post until 10th 1967 and was then replaced by William J. Porter . He was then Special Assistant to Secretary of State Dean Rusk in 1967 and subsequently Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs between 1968 and 1972 . On August 11, 1969, he was awarded the title Career Ambassador , the highest rank in the diplomatic service.

Winthrop Gilman Brown was married to Peggy Bell Brown. From this marriage the son Winthrop Noyes Brown and the two daughters Julia Turrell and Anne Rodgers emerged. After his death, he was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, DC.

publication

  • United States foreign economic policy , 1948

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Laos on the homepage of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  2. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Korea on the homepage of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
personal data
SURNAME Brown, Walter G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brown, Walter Gilman (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Seal Harbor , Maine
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1987
Place of death Washington, DC