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((short description|American diplomat))
((Infobox ambassador
|name         = William McCormick Blair Jr.
|image   = William McCormick Blair Jr..jpg
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|order        = 10th
|president    = [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] 
|ambassador_from = United States
|country      =  Philippines
|term_start   =  1964
|term_end     =  1967
|predecessor  = [[William Stevenson (athlete)|William Stevenson]]
|successor    = [[G. Mennen Williams]]
|order2       = 46th
|president2   = [[John F. Kennedy]]<br>[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
|ambassador_from2 = United States
|country2     = Denmark
|term_start2  = 1961
|term_end2    = 1964
|predecessor2 = [[Val Peterson]]
|successor2   = [[Katharine Elkus White|Katharine White]]
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| birth_date    = ((birth date|1916|10|24))
| birth_place   = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date    = ((death date and age|2015|8|29|1916|10|24))
| death_place   = [[Manhattan|Manhattan, New York]], U.S.
| education     = [[Stanford University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])<br>[[University of Virginia School of Law|University of Virginia]] ([[Juris doctor|J.D.]])
| party         = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse        = Catherine Gerlach
| children      = William McCormick Blair III
| parents       = [[William M. Blair]]<br/>Helen Hadduck Bowen
))

'''William McCormick "Bill" Blair Jr.''' (October 24, 1916 – August 29, 2015) was an American diplomat who served as [[United States Ambassador to Denmark]] from 1961 to 1964 and as [[United States Ambassador to the Philippines]] from 1964 until 1967. A lawyer, he also was a close associate of [[Adlai Stevenson II]]. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws (L.L. D.) degree from [[Whittier College]] in 1964.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.whittier.edu/alumni/poetnation/honorary|title=Honorary Degrees ((!)) Whittier College|website=www.whittier.edu|access-date=2019-12-06))</ref>

==Early life==
Blair was a son of Helen Hadduck (Bowen) and [[William M. Blair]], who co-founded the [[investment banking]] firm [[William Blair & Company]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.wmblair.com/pages/firm_history.asp|title=William Blair & Company History|website=wmblair.com|access-date=16 February 2007|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070823172145/http://www.wmblair.com/pages/firm_history.asp|archive-date=23 August 2007))</ref> He graduated from the [[Groton School]] in 1935,<ref name=wapost/> [[Stanford University]], and the University of Virginia Law School in 1947.<ref name=wapost/>

==Personal life==
On September 9, 1961, in the chapel at [[Frederiksborg Castle]] in [[Hillerød]], [[Denmark]], Ambassador Blair married Catherine "Deeda" Gerlach (born 1931), the former wife of oleomargarine heir Charles Clarke Jelke and the only daughter of Norman Harbridge Gerlach (1904–1980), a partner in the Chicago law firm Gerlach & O'Brien, and his wife, the former Joanna Powell. Deeda Blair (who was later a subject of portraits by [[Andy Warhol]])<ref>((Cite web|url=https://exchange.umma.umich.edu/quick_search/query?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=%22deeda+blair%22|title=Exchange((!))Search: "deeda blair"|website=exchange.umma.umich.edu|access-date=2020-03-11))</ref> was named director and vice-president of the [[Lasker Award|Lasker Foundation]] in 1965 and is a noted advocate for public health issues.

The couple had one child, a son named William McCormick Blair III, who committed suicide in May 2004 at age 41. After their son's death, they relocated from Washington, D.C., to New York City.<ref>((Cite magazine|url=http://wwd.com/eye/people/deeda-blair-s-annus-horribilis-590314/|title=Deeda Blair's 'Annus Horribilis'|last=Watters|first=Susan|date=December 10, 2004|magazine=Women's Wear Daily|access-date=February 18, 2023))</ref> He died on August 29, 2015, at his home in Manhattan at the age of 98.<ref name="wapost">((Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/william-mcc-blair-jr-democratic-political-confidant-dies-at-98/2015/09/01/22d9ae22-5001-11e5-8c19-0b6825aa4a3a_story.html|title=William McC. Blair Jr., Democratic political confidant, dies at 98|last=Bernstein|first=Adam|date=2015-09-01|work=Washington Post|access-date=2017-09-26|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286))</ref>

==Family tree==
((McCormick Chicago family tree))

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
*[https://1997-2001.state.gov/www/about_state/history/chiefs/denmark.html United States Department of State: Ambassadors to Denmark]
*[https://1997-2001.state.gov/www/about_state/history/chiefs/philippines.html United States Department of State: Ambassadors to the Philippines]
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html PoliticalGraveyard] - William McCormick Blair
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20210305011406/http://smokershistory.com/McCormic.htm SmokersHistory bio page on the Blairs]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20210305011406/http://smokershistory.com/WmBlair.htm SmokersHistory bio on Blair Sr.]
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