Nathaniel Davis
Nathaniel Davis | |
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United States Ambassador to Guatemala | |
In office November 21, 1968 – August 21, 1971 | |
President | Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon |
Preceded by | John Gordon Mein |
Succeeded by | William G. Bowdler |
Envoy of the United States to Bulgaria | |
In office May 6, 1965 – May 20, 1966 | |
President | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Preceded by | Eugenie Anderson |
Succeeded by | John M. McSweeney |
Personal details | |
Born | Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy | April 12, 1925
Nathaniel Davis (April 12, 1925 – May 16, 2011)[1] was a career diplomat who served in the United States Foreign Service for 36 years. His final years were spent teaching at Harvey Mudd College, one of the Claremont Colleges.
Early years
Davis was born in
Diplomatic career
Davis began his Foreign Service career with an assignment in Prague in 1947, followed by postings in
Resignation
Davis was subsequently appointed
Lawsuit
When Costa-Gavras's film Missing was released by Universal Studios in 1982, Davis, who had been the United States Ambassador to Chile from 1971 to 1973, filed a US$150 million libel suit against the director and the studio. Although he was not named directly in the movie, he had been named in the book on which the movie was based. The court eventually dismissed Davis's suit. The film was removed from the market during the lawsuit but re-released upon dismissal of the suit.[7]
Academia, retirement, and death
While still in the Foreign Service, between 1977 and 1983, Davis taught at the
Davis was a skier and had awards and accomplishments in white water canoeing and mountain climbing, most notable of which was a "first ascent" of Mount Abanico in the Venezuelan Andes with George Band. (Band was a member of the team that first successfully climbed Mount Everest.) He also was a political activist, starting in the 1960s with the civil rights movement. Beginning in the 1980s, he held a variety of positions in the Democratic Party, both in California and nationally. On May 16, 2011, Davis died, aged 86, in Claremont, California.[12]
References
- ^ Douglas Martin (May 22, 2011). "Nathaniel Davis, Diplomat, Is Dead at 86". The New York Times.
- ISBN 978-0801417917).
- ^ Brown, Seyom. The Faces of Power: Constancy and Change in United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Clinton, 1994. Page 303.
- ^ Jussi HanhimÄki and Jussi M. Hanhim̀eaki. The Flawed Architect: Henry Kissinger and American Foreign Policy, 2004. Page 408.
- ^ Andrew, Christopher M. For the President's Eyes Only: Secret Intelligence and the American Presidency from Washington to Bush, 1995. Page 412.
- ^ Richard H. Immerman and Athan G. Theoharis. The Central Intelligence Agency: Security Under Scrutiny, 2006.asdqwtqw. Page 325.
- ^ nwo.media.xs2.net
- ^ Elaine Woo, "Nathaniel Davis dies at 86; U.S. ambassador to Chile when Allende was deposed." http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/21/local/la-me-nathaniel-davis-20110521, May 21, 2011, retrieved Sept. 10, 2011.
- ^ Nathaniel Davis, A Long Walk to Church: A Contemporary History of Russian Orthodoxy,(Oxford: Westview Press, 2003), back cover
- ^ "Nathaniel Davis dies at 86; U.S. ambassador to Chile when Allende was deposed". Los Angeles Times. May 21, 2011.
- ^ Nathaniel Davis, A Long Walk to Church: A Contemporary History of Russian Orthodoxy,(Oxford: Westview Press, 2003).
- The Los Angeles Times incorrectly referenced the cause of death as cancer. Elaine Woo, "Nathaniel Davis dies at 86; U.S. ambassador to Chile when Allende was deposed."May 21, 2011, retrieved Sept. 10, 2011.
External links
- "Assistant Secretaries of State for African Affairs". United States Department of State. 2005. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- "Directors General of the Foreign Service". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2009-04-16.