Louis Goethe Dreyfus Jr. (November 23, 1889 – May 19,[1] 1973) was an American diplomat.
Louis G. Dreyfus Jr. | |
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| 5th United States Ambassador to Afghanistan | |
| In office August 16, 1949 – January 19, 1951 | |
| President | Harry S. Truman |
| Preceded by | Ely Palmer |
| Succeeded by | George Robert Merrell |
| United States Minister to Sweden | |
| In office January 3, 1947 – October 6, 1947 | |
| President | Harry S. Truman |
| Preceded by | Herschel Johnson |
| Succeeded by | H. Freeman Matthews |
| 3rd United States Minister to Iceland | |
| In office June 14, 1944 – January 21, 1946 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman |
| Preceded by | Leland B. Morris |
| Succeeded by | Richard P. Butrick |
| 2nd United States Minister to Afghanistan | |
| In office May 19, 1941 – July 2, 1942 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | William H. Hornibrook |
| Succeeded by | Cornelius Engert |
| 10th United States Minister to Iran | |
| In office December 18, 1940 – December 12, 1943 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | William H. Hornibrook (1936) |
| Succeeded by | Leland B. Morris (as Ambassador) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Louis Goethe Dreyfus, Jr. 1889 |
| Died | May 19, 1973 (aged 83) Santa Barbara, California |
| Spouse |
Grace Hawes (m. 1917–1973) |
| Education | Yale University |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
As an experienced diplomat, he served twice as United States ambassador to Afghanistan, at differing times; his career at the Department of State ultimately lasted more than 40 years.[2]
Career
editAfter his graduation from Yale University in 1910, he entered the Foreign Service in 1911.[3] His older brother Emanuel died in 1913 of sarcoma.[4]
After postings in Berlin, Paris, and South America, he was nominated as the American ambassador to Iran in 1939.[3]
Because of an incident involving the Iranian minister (who was caught speeding in Elkton, Maryland), and the Elkton police, along with the subsequent newspaper coverage, the Iranian government recalled their minister in early 1936.[5] The incident caused a diplomatic rupture: all consular matters were transacted through chargés d'affaires until 1939, at which time Dreyfus was nominated.[6]
While in Iran, Dreyfus reported on the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran to the State Department.[7]
Dreyfus also served as Minister to Iceland, both before and after it became a republic; and Minister to Sweden after World War II.[3]
He also served as the acting Chief of the Foreign Service Inspection Corps (what later became the Inspector General of the Department of State) from 1947 to 1948,[8] before finally returning to Afghanistan as the United States ambassador from 1949 to 1951, when he was succeeded by George R. Merrell.[3][9]
Later life
editAfter he retired from the State Department in 1951, he lived in Santa Barbara, California, until his death on May 19, 1973.[10]
References
edit- ^ American Jewish Archives Concise Dictionary. American Jewish Archives. p. 109.
- ^ "Diplomat for 41 Years Preparing to Retire". The New York Times. 1951-04-05. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
- ^ a b c d "ENVOY TO AFGHANISTAN; Louis G. Dreyfus Jr. of Foreign Service Named Ambassador". The New York Times. 1949-04-09. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ "OBITUARY RECORD OF YALE GRADUATES 1913-1914" (PDF). Bulletin of Yale University. 10th (8). June 1914. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 22, 2007.
- ^ DeNovo, John August (1963). American interests and policies in the Middle East, 1900-1939. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. pp. 306–315. ISBN 9780816662111. OCLC 233034823.
- ^ "IRAN 'INCIDENT' ENDING; L.G. Dreyfus Jr. Named to Envoy Post Vacant Three Years". The New York Times. June 24, 1939. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
- ^ Mokhtari, Fariborz (2005). "No One Will Scratch My Back: Iranian Security Perceptions in Historical Context". Middle East Journal. 59 (2): 209–229. doi:10.3751/59.2.12. ISSN 0026-3141. JSTOR 4330125.
- ^ "Newsletter". Department of State Newsletter. June 1973. p. 36. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
- ^ "SENATE APPROVES ENVOYS; Nominations of 3 Ambassadors and Others Are Confirmed". The New York Times. 1951-04-19. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
- ^ "Louis G. Dreyfus, Jr., dead at 83". The San Francisco Examiner. May 22, 1973. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
External links
edit- Louis Goethe Dreyfus, Jr. at the Office of the Historian website.
- DACOR Bacon House Foundation Educational Fellowships, Scholarships and Awards - Dreyfus Scholarships for Dependents of Foreign Service Officers at Yale and Hotchkiss
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