William McCormick Blair Jr.

William McCormick Blair Jr.
United States Ambassador to the Philippines (en) 1964 - 1967 ← William Stevenson (en) - G. Mennen Williams (en) → United States Ambassador to Denmark (en) 1961 - 1964 ← Val Peterson (en) - Katharine Elkus White (en) →
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Chicago, 24 Oktoba 1916
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa	Manhattan (mul) , 29 ga Augusta, 2015
Ƴan uwa
Mahaifi	William M. Blair
Mahaifiya	Helen Hadduck Bowen
Karatu
Makaranta	Jami'ar Stanford University of Virginia School of Law (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	Mai wanzar da zaman lafiya
Imani
Jam'iyar siyasa	Democratic Party (en)

William McCormick "Bill" Blair Jr. (24 ga Oktoba, 1916 - 29 ga Agusta, 2015) jami'in diflomasiyyar Amurka ne wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Jakadan Amurka a Denmark daga 1961 zuwa 1964 da kuma Jakadan Amurka a Philippines daga 1964 zuwa 1967. Lauya ne, kuma abokin hulɗa ne na Adlai Stevenson II . An ba shi digirin girmamawa na Doctor of Laws (LLD) daga Kwalejin Whittier a 1964.

Rayuwar farko

Blair ɗa ne ga Helen Hadduck (Bowen) da William M. Blair, waɗanda suka kafa kamfanin bankin saka hannun jari na William Blair & Company tare. Ya kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Groton a shekarar 1935, Jami'ar Stanford, da Makarantar Shari'a ta Jami'ar Virginia a shekarar 1947.

Rayuwa ta sirri

A ranar 9 ga Satumba, 1961, a cikin cocin da ke Frederiksborg Castle da ke Hillerød, Denmark, Ambasada Blair ya auri Catherine "Deeda" Gerlach (an haife ta a 1931), tsohuwar matar magajin oleomargarine Charles Clarke Jelke kuma 'yar Norman Harbridge Gerlach (1904–1980), abokiyar hulɗa a kamfanin lauyoyi na Chicago Gerlach & O'Brien, da matarsa, tsohuwar Joanna Powell. An nada Deeda Blair (wanda daga baya aka ɗauke shi a matsayin wanda Andy Warhol ya ɗauki hotunansa) a matsayin darakta kuma mataimakiyar shugabar Gidauniyar Lasker a 1965 kuma shahararriyar mai fafutukar kare lafiyar jama'a ce.

Ma'auratan suna da ɗa ɗaya, ɗa mai suna William McCormick Blair III, wanda ya kashe kansa a watan Mayu na 2004 yana da shekaru 41. Bayan mutuwar ɗansu, sun ƙaura daga Washington, DC, zuwa birnin New York. Ya mutu a ranar 29 ga Agusta, 2015, a gidansa da ke Manhattan yana da shekaru 98.