Walworth Barbour
| Walworth Barbour | |
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| Born |
June 4, 1908 Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Died |
July 21, 1982 (aged 74) Gloucester, Massachusetts |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Walworth ″Wally″ Barbour (June 4, 1908 – July 21, 1982) was the United States Ambassador to Israel from 1961 to 1973.[1]
The Walworth Barbour American International School in Israel (WBAIS) in Even Yehuda, Israel is named after him.
University qualifications obtained
BA, Harvard University (1930)
Positions held in the United States Diplomatic Service
US Ambassador to Israel (1961–73)
US State Department Deputy Chief of Mission, London, England (1955–60)
US State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for European Affairs (1954–55)
US State Department Consul, Moscow, USSR (1949–51)
US State Department Chief, Division of South European Affairs (1947–49)
US State Department Assistant Chief, Division of South European Affairs (1945–46)
US State Department Second Secretary-Vice Consul, Athens, Greece (1944–45)
US State Department Second Secretary, near Govts. in exile of Greece and Yugoslavia at Cairo (1943–44)
US State Department Second Secretary-Vice Consul, Cairo, Egypt(1942–43)
US State Department Third Secretary-Vice Consul, Sofia, Italy (1939–41)
US State Department Third Secretary-Vice Consul, Baghdad (1936–39)
US State Department Vice Consul, Athens, Greece (1933–36)
US State Department Vice Consul, Naples, Italy (1931–32)
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| Preceded by Ogden Rogers Reid |
U.S. Ambassador to Israel 1961–1973 |
Succeeded by Kenneth B. Keating |
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