| 词条 | William McCormick Blair Jr. |
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|name = William McCormick Blair Jr. |honorific_suffix = |image = |alt = |order = 10th |president = Lyndon B. Johnson |ambassador_from = United States |country = Philippines |term_start = 1964 |term_end = 1967 |predecessor = William Stevenson |successor = G. Mennen Williams |order2 = 46th |president2 = John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson |ambassador_from2 = United States |country2 = Denmark |term_start2 = 1961 |term_end2 = 1964 |predecessor2 = Val Peterson |successor2 = Katharine White | birth_date = {{birth date|1916|10|24}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|8|29|1916|10|24}} | death_place = Manhattan, New York | nationality = | education = Stanford University {{small|(B.A.)}} University of Virginia {{small|(J.D.)}} | other_names = | occupation = | party = Democratic | known_for = | spouse = Catherine Gerlach | children = William McCormick Blair III | parents = William M. Blair Helen Hadduck Bowen | notable_works = }} William McCormick Blair Jr. (October 24, 1916 – August 29, 2015) served as United States Ambassador to Denmark from 1961 to 1964 and as United States Ambassador to the Philippines from 1964 until 1967. A lawyer, he also was a close associate of Adlai Stevenson. Early lifeBlair was the son of Helen Hadduck (Bowen) and William M. Blair, who co-founded the investment banking firm William Blair & Company.{{Citation needed|reason=page doesn't exist|date=May 2017}} He graduated from the Groton School in 1935,[1] Stanford University, and the University of Virginia Law School in 1947.[1] Personal lifeOn September 9, 1961, in the chapel at Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød, Denmark, Ambassador Blair married Catherine "Deeda" Gerlach (born 1931), the former wife of oleomargarine heir Charles Clarke Jelke and the only daughter of Norman Harbridge Gerlach (1904–1980), a partner in the Chicago law firm Gerlach & O'Brien, and his wife, the former Joanna Powell. Deeda Blair was named director and vice-president of the Lasker Foundation in 1965 and is a noted advocate for public health issues. The Blairs had one child, William McCormick Blair III (1962–2004), who owned a dog walking business, was bipolar, and committed suicide at Chicago's Le Meridien Hotel in 2004.[1] Shortly after their son's death, Blair and his wife relocated from Washington, D.C. to New York City. Blair died on August 29, 2015 at his home in Manhattan at the age of 98.[2] Family tree{{McCormick Chicago family tree}}References1. ^{{Cite news|url=http://wwd.com/eye/people/deeda-blair-s-annus-horribilis-590314/|title=Deeda Blair's 'Annus Horribilis'|last=Watters|first=Susan|date=2004-12-10|work=WWD|access-date=2017-09-26|language=en-US}} 2. ^1 2 {{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/william-mcc-blair-jr-democratic-political-confidant-dies-at-98/2015/09/01/22d9ae22-5001-11e5-8c19-0b6825aa4a3a_story.html|title=William McC. Blair Jr., Democratic political confidant, dies at 98|last=Bernstein|first=Adam|date=2015-09-01|work=Washington Post|access-date=2017-09-26|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}} External links
| title=U.S. Ambassador to Denmark | before=Val Peterson | after=Katharine Elkus White | years=1961–1964 }}{{succession box | title=U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines | before=William E. Stevenson | after=G. Mennen Williams | years=1964–1967 }}{{s-end}}{{US Ambassadors to Denmark}}{{US Ambassadors to the Philippines}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Blair, William Mccormick Jr.}} 9 : 1916 births|2015 deaths|McCormick family|Ambassadors of the United States to Denmark|American financial businesspeople|Ambassadors of the United States to the Philippines|Place of birth missing|Groton School alumni|Stanford University alumni |
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