John F. Kennedy meeting with Ambassador Williams

Murat Willis Williams (1919 in Richmond, Virginia[1] – March 31, 1994 in Charlottesville, Virginia) was an American Career Foreign Service officer who was Ambassador to El Salvador from 1961 to 1964.[2]

A graduate of the University of Virginia and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford for three years,[1] Williams served as a lieutenant commander in the Navy during World War II before joining the Foreign Service. Williams died of a stroke in Charlottesville, Virginia at the age of 79.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "AMBASSADOR MURAT WILLIAMS" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Murat W. Williams; Ambassador, 79". The New York Times. April 3, 1994. Retrieved 19 January 2020.


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