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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 5971569
• Group: Famous Historical Figure

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Businessman, US Diplomat. He was the heir to his father's Union Pacific Railroad fortune. President Franklin Roosevelt sent him to Moscow in 1941 first as a minister and later as an ambassador. He briefly served as US Ambassador to the United Kingdom in 1946 and was appointed Secretary of Commerce by President Truman later serving as national security advisor during the Korean War. He was elected governor of New York in 1954 but lost re-election in 1958. After two unsuccessful tries for the Democratic nomination for president in 1952 and 1956, he served in various posts in the State Department under President Kennedy. He was later appointed ambassador-at-large for Southeast Asia in 1965 by President Johnson. In 1968 he wrapped up his political career serving as chief US negotiator during preliminary peace talks with North Vietnam.

Bio by: Ron Moody

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William married Ambassador Pamela Beryl Digby on 27 Sep 1971. Pamela (daughter of Hon. Edward Kenelm Digby, 11th Baron Digby and Hon. Constance Pamela Alice Bruce) was born on 20 Mar 1920 in Farnborough, Hampshire, England; died on 5 Feb 1997 in Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried on 14 Feb 1997 in Arden Estate, Arden, Orange County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]