President Franklin D. Roosevelt Preceded by John C. Wiley Education Georgetown University President Harry S. Truman Role Diplomat | Succeeded by Fletcher Warren Name Willard Beaulac Preceded by Wesley Frost Succeeded by Capus M. Waynick | |
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Died August 25, 1990, Washington, D.C., United States Spouse Catherine Beaulac (m. 1935) Books Franco, Career ambassador, The fractured continent Parents Lena Eleanor Jarvis, Sylvester Clinton Beaulac | ||
Willard Leon Beaulac (July 25, 1899 – August 25, 1990) was a United States diplomat. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, Colombia, Cuba, Chile and Argentina.
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Willard L. Beaulac was born on July 25, 1899 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island to Sylvester Clinton Beaulac and Lena Eleanor Jarvis. He attended Brown University before joining the United States Navy in 1918. After his honorable discharge in 1919, he attended the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and graduated in 1921.
He joined the United States Foreign Service in 1921. He received his first ambassadorial appointment to Paraguay in 1944. in 1947 he was named United States Ambassador to Colombia. He married Catherine Hazel Arrott Greene on February 25, 1935.
From 1951 to 1953 he was United States Ambassador to Cuba. In 1953 he succeeded Claude G. Bowers as United States Ambassador to Chile. From 1956 to 1960 he was United States Ambassador to Argentina. Before retiring around 1962 he was the deputy commandant for foreign affairs of the National War College.
He died of Alzheimer's disease on August 25, 1990 in Washington, DC.