Ellis Loring Dresel
Ellis Loring Dresel | |
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United States Ambassador to Germany | |
Acting, as chargé d'affaires | |
In office December 10, 1921 – April 18, 1922 | |
President | Warren G. Harding |
Preceded by | James W. Gerard (1917) |
Succeeded by | Alanson B. Houghton |
Personal details | |
Born | Ellis Loring Dresel November 28, 1865 LL.B. ) |
Occupation | Lawyer, diplomat |
Ellis Loring Dresel (November 28, 1865 – September 19, 1925) was an American lawyer and diplomat. During
Biography
The son of German pianist and composer Otto Dresel and Anna Loring,[1][2] Ellis Dresel was born in Boston on November 28, 1865. He had one sibling, a sister Louisa.[2] His maternal grandfather, Ellis Gray Loring, was an abolitionist and one of the founders of the New England Anti-Slavery Society.[2] He graduated from Harvard College in 1887 and from Harvard Law School in 1892. He was fluent in French and German. He practiced law with the firm of Goodwin, Dresel and Parker in Boston and lived there on Beacon Street for most of his life.[3] He also served as a director of Corbin Copper and Silver Mining Company.[4] He belonged to several private clubs and, with his sister as hostess, gave a cotillion at Christmas 1906 at the New Algonquin Club.[5]
He was in Europe when World War I broke out in 1915 and he volunteered his services to the U.S. embassy in Berlin, first helping Americans stranded in Germany.
Dresel led the political information section of the
Dresel was the first American diplomatic observer to visit Germany after World War I.[11]
In 1921, his title was changed to chargé d'affaires. The following year, though President Warren G. Harding was prepared to name him ambassador to Germany, he left government service and returned to the United States.[6] Harvard awarded him an honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1922 in recognition of his diplomatic service.[3][12]
Dresel suffered from heart problems even while in the diplomatic service.
Legacy
He never married. He belonged to the Episcopal Church.[3] Years later, a group of Harvard graduates established a fund in his honor.[15]
Dresel's papers are preserved in the
References
- ^ Crawford, Mary Caroline (1930). Famous Families of Massachusetts. Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company. p. 275.
- ^ a b c "Loring, Ellis Gray, 1803-1858. Papers, 1809-1942". Harvard University Library. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Ellis L. Dresel, Diplomat, Dead". Boston Globe. September 21, 1925.
- ^ "Appointed to Berlin Post" (PDF). New York Times. November 1, 1919. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
- ^ "Gave a Christmas Cotillion". Boston Evening Transcript. December 22, 1906. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
- ^ a b "Dresel is Favored for Berlin Embassy". New York Times. September 3, 1921. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
- ^ "Ellis L. Dresel, Diplomatist, Dead" (PDF). New York Times. September 21, 1925. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
- ^ "Americans in Berlin Celebrate the Day" (PDF). New York Times. July 5, 1921. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
- ^ "Germany Will Sign Peace Treaty Today with United States" (PDF). New York Times. August 24, 1921. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
- ^ "German Treaty Goes into Effect" (PDF). New York Times. November 12, 1921. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
- ISBN 0-8014-9890-2.
- ^ "1,401 Harvard Men Win their Degrees" (PDF). New York Times. June 23, 1922. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
- ^ Russell, Charles H. (September 26, 1925). "Ellis Loring Dresel" (PDF). New York Times. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
- ^ Boston University
- ^ "Fund Will Honor Dresel" (PDF). New York Times. April 27, 1929. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
- Harvard University Library.