John Cooper Wiley
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John Cooper Wiley | |
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United States Ambassador to Latvia | |
In office July 18, 1938 – June 17, 1940 | |
President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Preceded by | Frederick A. Sterling |
Succeeded by | Earl L. Packer as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim |
United States Ambassador to Colombia | |
In office December 16, 1944 – May 3, 1947 | |
President | Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry Truman |
Preceded by | Arthur Bliss Lane |
Succeeded by | Willard L. Beaulac |
United States Ambassador to Portugal | |
In office April 10, 1947 – March 15, 1948 | |
President | Harry Truman |
Preceded by | Herman B. Baruch |
Succeeded by | Lincoln MacVeagh |
United States Ambassador to Iran | |
In office 1948–1950 | |
President | Harry Truman |
Preceded by | George V. Allen |
Succeeded by | Henry F. Grady |
United States Ambassador to Panama | |
In office July 25, 1951 – November 27, 1953 | |
President | Harry Truman Dwight Eisenhower |
Preceded by | Monnett Bain Davis |
Succeeded by | Selden Chapin |
Personal details | |
Born | September 26, 1893 Bordeaux, France |
Died | February 3, 1967 Washington, D.C. |
Spouse(s) | Irena Monique Baruch |
Profession | Diplomat |
John Cooper Wiley (September 26, 1893 – February 3, 1967)[1] was a United States Foreign Service officer and ambassador.
Career[]
Wiley was born in Bordeaux, France while his father served there as U.S. Consul. He was educated by tutors, and studied at Union College, Columbia Law School, and Georgetown University Law Center. While at Union College he joined the Theta chapter of the Psi Upsilon fraternity.
He entered the United States Foreign Service in 1915 and served in several positions in Europe and South America.[2] In 1938 he was the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim in Austria and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Latvia and Estonia (the last ambassador before the Soviet occupation in 1940). He went on to appointments as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Colombia, Portugal, Iran, and Panama.[1]
Retirement[]
He retired in 1953 and resided in the Georgetown area of Washington, D.C. He died in Washington on February 3, 1967. He was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.
Family[]
He was the son of Congressman John M. Wiley, and the grandson of John J. Cooper, who served as Indiana State Treasurer. John Cooper Wiley was married to Irena Monique Baruch (1906-1972), a well-known sculptor and portrait painter.
Footnotes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Alphabetical List of Chiefs of Mission and Principal Officials, 1778-2005". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
- ^ "John Cooper Wiley Papers, 1898-1967 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum".
- Ambassadors of the United States to Austria
- Ambassadors of the United States to Colombia
- Ambassadors of the United States to Portugal
- Ambassadors of the United States to Iran
- Ambassadors of the United States to Panama
- 1893 births
- 1967 deaths
- Ambassadors of the United States to Estonia
- Ambassadors of the United States to Latvia
- People from Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)
- United States Foreign Service personnel