William McCormick Blair Jr1

#5954, (24 October 1916 - 29 August 2015)

Family
Child 1.William McCormick Blair III1 (1962 - 2004)
Birth*24 October 1916He was born on 24 October 1916.1 
between 1961 and 1964He served as U.S. Ambassador to Denmark between 1961 and 1964.1 
between 1964 and 1967He served as U.S. Ambassador to The Philippines between 1964 and 1967.1 
Death*29 August 2015He died on 29 August 2015 at New York, New York, at age 98.2 

Citations

  1. [S504] Wikipedia, online Wikipedia.com, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McCormick_Blair,_Jr.; "William McCormick Blair, Jr. (born October 24, 1916) served as U.S. Ambassador to Denmark from 1961 to 1964 and as U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines from 1964 until 1967. A lawyer, he also was a close associate of Adlai Stevenson.
    On 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 3rd (1962–2004).
  2. [S1498] Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, online www.chicagotribune.com.