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	(1899-07-25)July 25, 1899 Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S.
Died	August 25, 1990(1990-08-25) (aged 91) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Spouse	Catherine Hazel Arrott Greene
Children	three daughters, one son
Parent(s)	Sylvester Clinton Beaulac Lena Eleanor Jarvis
Education	Brown University (1918) Georgetown University (1921)
Occupation	Diplomat

Willard Leon Beaulac (July 25, 1899 – August 25, 1990) was an American diplomat. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, Colombia, Cuba, Chile and Argentina. ^[1]

Biography

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. ^[1]

Beaulac 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. ^[1]

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. ^[1]

Beaulac died from Alzheimer's disease in Washington, D.C., on August 25, 1990, at the age of 91. ^[1]

Positions

• 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)

Professor

• Southern Illinois University
• Ball State University

Works

• 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

References

External links

• United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission by Country, 1778-2005
• Willard L. Beaulac at The Political Graveyard