Willard L. Beaulac

Willard Leon Beaulac
Willard Leon Beaulac
Willard Leon Beaulac in Bogota Colombia c. 1949
United States Ambassador to Paraguay
	In office; 1944–1947
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Wesley Frost
Succeeded by	Fletcher Warren
United States Ambassador to Colombia
	In office; 1947–1951
President	Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	John C. Wiley
Succeeded by	Capus M. Waynick
United States Ambassador to Cuba
	In office; 1951–1953
President	Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Robert Butler
Succeeded by	Arthur Gardner
United States Ambassador to Chile
	In office; 1953–1956
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Claude G. Bowers
Succeeded by	Cecil B. Lyon
United States Ambassador to Argentina
	In office; 1956–1960
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Albert F. Nufer
Succeeded by	Roy Richard Rubottom, Jr.
Personal details
Born	July 25, 1899; Pawtucket, RI
Died	Aug-1990
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Nationality	United States of America
Spouse	Catherine H. Beaulac
Children	three daughters, one son
Alma mater	Georgetown University (1921)
Occupation	Diplomat

Willard Leon Beaulac (1899–1990) was a United States Diplomat. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, Colombia, Cuba, Chile and Argentina.

Biography

Ambassador Beaulac was born Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and was a graduate of Georgetown University (1921).

A career diplomat, Willard Beaulac joined the United States Foreign Service in 1921.^[1] His overseas postings include:^[2]

US Ambassador to Argentina (1956–60)
US Ambassador to Chile (1953–56)
US Ambassador to Cuba (1951–53)
US Ambassador to Colombia (1947–51)
US Ambassador to Paraguay (1944–47)
US State Department Consul General, Madrid (1941–44)
US State Department Counsellor, Havana (1940–41)
US State Department Assistant Chief, Division of American Republics (1937–40)
US State Department Assistant Chief, Division of Latin American Affairs (1934–37)
US State Department Second Secretary, San Salvador, El Salvador (1933)
US State Department Second Secretary, Managua, Nicaragua (1928–33)
US State Department Third Secretary, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (1927–28)
US State Department Consul, Arica, Chile (1925–27)
US State Department Vice Consul, Puerto Castilla, Honduras (1923–25)
US State Department Vice Consul, Tampico, Mexico (1921–23)

Career Ambassador, Macmillan, 1951, (memoir)
Career Diplomat: A Career in the Foreign Service of the United States (1966)
A Diplomat Looks at Aid to Latin America, Southern Illinois University Press, 1970
The Fractured Continent. Hoover Press. 1980. ISBN 9780817972516.
Franco: Silent Ally in World War II, Southern Illinois University Press, 1986, ISBN 9780809312542

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Wesley Frost	United States Ambassador to Paraguay 1944–1947	Succeeded by Fletcher Warren
Preceded by John C. Wiley	United States Ambassador to Colombia 1947–1951	Succeeded by Capus M. Waynick
Preceded by Robert Butler	United States Ambassador to Cuba 1951–1953	Succeeded by Arthur Gardner
Preceded by Claude G. Bowers	United States Ambassador to Chile 1953–1956	Succeeded by Cecil B. Lyon
Preceded by Albert F. Nufer	United States Ambassador to Argentina 1956–1960	Succeeded by Roy Richard Rubottom, Jr.

v t e United States Ambassadors to Chile
Minister Plenipotentiary	Allen
Chargé d'Affaires	Larned Hamm Pollard Pendleton Crump Barton
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Peyton Starkweather Bigler Nelson Kilpatrick Root Logan Osborn Kilpatrick Logan Roberts Egan Porter Strobel Wilson Hicks Dawson Fletcher
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Fletcher Shea Collier Culbertson Sevier Philip Armour Bowers Beaulac Lyon Howe Woodward Cole Dungan Korry Davis Popper Landau Theberge Barnes Gillespie Kamman Guerra-Mondragón O'Leary Brownfield Kelly Simons Wolff Hammer Perez Meehan

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