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William Dawson (1885-1972)
Foreign Service officer
State of Residence: Minnesota
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Ecuador)
Appointed: May 9, 1930
Presentation of Credentials: August 9, 1930
Termination of Mission: Left post February 27, 1935
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Colombia)
Appointed: December 15, 1934
Presentation of Credentials: May 6, 1935
Termination of Mission: Left post November 16, 1937
Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 22, 1935.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Uruguay)
Appointed: August 31, 1937
Did not serve under this appointment.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Uruguay)
Appointed: December 1, 1937
Presentation of Credentials: February 10, 1938
Termination of Mission: Left post June 6, 1939
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Panama)
Appointed: March 23, 1939
Presentation of Credentials: July 14, 1939
Termination of Mission: Left Panama April 21, 1941
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Uruguay)
Appointed: February 11, 1941
Presentation of Credentials: July 12, 1941
Termination of Mission: Left post August 6, 1946
Permanent Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization of American States (Washington)
Termination of Appointment: July 20, 1948
Not commissioned; had served since Aug 11, 1947, as U.S. Representative on the Governing Board of the Pan American Union and assumed duties on the Council of the OAS at its first meeting, May 18, 1948.