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John Cooper Wiley
John Cooper Wiley in 1936
United States Ambassador to Latvia
In office
July 18, 1938 – June 17, 1940
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byFrederick A. Sterling
Succeeded byEarl L. Packer
as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
United States Ambassador to Colombia
In office
December 16, 1944 – May 3, 1947
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Preceded byArthur Bliss Lane
Succeeded byWillard L. Beaulac
United States Ambassador to Portugal
In office
April 10, 1947 – March 15, 1948
PresidentHarry Truman
Preceded byHerman B. Baruch
Succeeded byLincoln MacVeagh
United States Ambassador to Iran
In office
1948–1950
PresidentHarry Truman
Preceded byGeorge V. Allen
Succeeded byHenry F. Grady
United States Ambassador to Panama
In office
July 25, 1951 – November 27, 1953
PresidentHarry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Preceded byMonnett Bain Davis
Succeeded bySelden Chapin
Personal details
BornSeptember 26, 1893
Bordeaux, France
DiedFebruary 3, 1967
Washington, D.C., U.S.
SpouseIrena Monique Baruch
ProfessionDiplomat

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, the Envoy Extraordinary, and the Minister Plenipotentiary to Latvia and Estonia (the last ambassador before the Soviet occupation in 1940). He went on to make 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

  1. ^ a b "Alphabetical List of Chiefs of Mission and Principal Officials, 1778-2005". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
  2. ^ "John Cooper Wiley Papers, 1898-1967 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum".
Diplomatic posts Preceded byFrederick A. Sterling United States Ambassador to Latvia 1938–1940 Succeeded byEarl L. Packer Preceded byFrederick A. Sterling United States Ambassador to Estonia 1938–1940 Succeeded byEarl L. Packer Preceded byArthur Bliss Lane United States Ambassador to Colombia 1944–1947 Succeeded byWillard L. Beaulac Preceded byHerman B. Baruch United States Ambassador to Portugal 1947–1948 Succeeded byLincoln MacVeagh Preceded byGeorge V. Allen United States Ambassador to Iran 1948-1950 Succeeded byHenry F. Grady Preceded byMonnett Bain Davis United States Ambassador to Panama 1951–1953 Succeeded bySelden Chapin
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