Frances E. Willis AKA Frances Elizabeth Willis Born: 20-May-1899 Birthplace: Metropolis, IL Died: 1983 Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: White Occupation: Diplomat Nationality: United States Executive summary: First Female US Ambassador Appointed to Career Ambassador in 1962. University: BA, Stanford University (1920) University: University of Brussels (1920-21) University: PhD, Stanford University (1923) Teacher: History, Goucher College (1923-24) Professor: Assistant Professor, Political Science, Vassar College (1924-27)
US Ambassador to Sri Lanka (1961-64) US Ambassador to Norway (1957-61) US Ambassador to Switzerland (1953-57) US State Department Deputy Chief of Mission, Helsinki, Finland (1951-53) US State Department First Secretary and Consul, London (1947-51) US State Department Assistant Chief, Division of Western European Affairs (1947) US State Department Assistant to Under Secretary of State (1944-47) US State Department Consul and First Secretary, Madrid, Spain (1943-44) US State Department Consul and Second Secretary, Madrid, Spain (1940-43) US State Department Second Secretary, Brussels & Luxembourg (1937-40) US State Department Third Secretary, Brussels & Luxembourg (1934-37) US State Department Third Secretary, Stockholm, Sweden (1931-34) US State Department Vice Consul, Santiago, Chile (1931) US State Department Vice Consul, Valparaiso, Chile (1928-31)
Appears on postage stamps:
USA, Scott #4076b (39 cents, issued 30-May-2006, Distinguished American Diplomats)
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