William McCormick Blair, Jr.
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William McCormick Blair, Jr. (born October 24, 1916) served as U.S. Ambassador to Denmark from 1961 to 1964 and U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines from 1964 until 1967. A lawyer, he also was a close associate of Adlai Stevenson.
He is a son of William M. Blair, who co-founded the investment banking firm William Blair & Company [1].
On 9 September 1961, in the chapel at Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerod, Denmark, Ambassador Blair married Catherine "Deeda" Gerlach (born 1931), a daughter of Norman H. Gerlach and the former wife of Chicago oleomargarine heir Charles Clarke Jelke. She was named director and vice-president of the Lasker Foundation in 1965, and is a noted advocate for public health issues. The Blairs had one child, William McCormick Blair 3rd (1962-2004).
[edit] References
- United States Department of State: Ambassadors to Denmark
- States Department of State: Ambassadors to the Philippines
- PoliticalGraveyard - William McCormick Blair
- SmokersHistory bio page on the Blairs
- SmokersHistory bio on Blair Sr.
| Preceded by Val Peterson |
U.S. Ambassador to Denmark 1961–1964 |
Succeeded by Katharine Elkus White |
| Preceded by William E. Stevenson |
U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines 1964–1967 |
Succeeded by G. Mennen Williams |
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