James Hugh Keeley, Jr.

James Hugh Keeley, Jr. (1898-1975) was an American diplomat. He graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1931. He served in the United States Foreign Service from 1920 until his retirement in the early 1960s, most notably as the United States' second envoy to the newly independent nation of Syria.

He was the father of Edmund Keeley and Robert V. Keeley.

External Links

James Hugh Keeley Papers at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University

References

James Hugh Keeley, Jr. Papers at Princeton University

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by George Wadsworth	U.S. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Syria 1947–1950	Succeeded by Cavendish W. Cannon

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Name	Keeley, James Hugh, Jr.
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Short description	American diplomat
Date of birth	1898
Place of birth
Date of death	1975
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