W. M. Gwynn's experiences "fit him for the position he will fill as a diplomat." He graduated from Angeles High School; U. of Calif., B.L. 1914, l'École Libre des Sciences Politiques, Paris, dipiome, 1924; Faculte de Droit, U. of Paris, 1924-25; l'Ecole, Nationale des Langues Orientules Vivantes, Paris, diploma in Russian, 1931; asst. in library of U. of Calif., 1915-16; with American Commission for Relief in Belgium 1916-17; ambulance driver with French Army Apr.-Sept. 1917; U.S. Army 1917-19, 1st It., overseas service; Officers Reserve Corps 1919-26, 1st lieutenant; executive officer in Trieste, Italy for United States Food Administration 1919; Inspector in Galicia [in southeastern Poland] Poland for American Relief Administration 1919-22; applied for Foreign Service Officer unclassified May 28, 1926; vice consul of career June 15, 1926; vice consul at Prague [Czech Republic] Mar. 26, 1927; language officer at Paris [France] August 16, 1928.
(Biographic Register 1949)
After their marriage July 1929, Jess and "Gwynn" (as she called him) served in Tallinn [Estonia], Paris [France], Riga [Latvia], Paris again; Beirut [Lebanon], Damascus [Syria], Beirut in addition to duties at Damascus, Athens [Greece], Salonika [today called Thessalonika - Greece], Leopoldville [Zaire], the Dept., Nice [France] and Monaco. (Biographic Register 1949)
June 1953 Foreign Service Journal: Consul General William M. Gwynn, retired FSO, died at his home in Palma de Mallorca, Balearics, Spain on April 2, 1953 after an illness of three months. Mr. Gwynn's last assignment was Consul General at Nice.
(Biographic Register 1949)
After their marriage July 1929, Jess and "Gwynn" (as she called him) served in Tallinn [Estonia], Paris [France], Riga [Latvia], Paris again; Beirut [Lebanon], Damascus [Syria], Beirut in addition to duties at Damascus, Athens [Greece], Salonika [today called Thessalonika - Greece], Leopoldville [Zaire], the Dept., Nice [France] and Monaco. (Biographic Register 1949)
June 1953 Foreign Service Journal: Consul General William M. Gwynn, retired FSO, died at his home in Palma de Mallorca, Balearics, Spain on April 2, 1953 after an illness of three months. Mr. Gwynn's last assignment was Consul General at Nice.
W. M. Gwynn's experiences "fit him for the position he will fill as a diplomat." He graduated from Angeles High School; U. of Calif., B.L. 1914, l'École Libre des Sciences Politiques, Paris, dipiome, 1924; Faculte de Droit, U. of Paris, 1924-25; l'Ecole, Nationale des Langues Orientules Vivantes, Paris, diploma in Russian, 1931; asst. in library of U. of Calif., 1915-16; with American Commission for Relief in Belgium 1916-17; ambulance driver with French Army Apr.-Sept. 1917; U.S. Army 1917-19, 1st It., overseas service; Officers Reserve Corps 1919-26, 1st lieutenant; executive officer in Trieste, Italy for United States Food Administration 1919; Inspector in Galicia [in southeastern Poland] Poland for American Relief Administration 1919-22; applied for Foreign Service Officer unclassified May 28, 1926; vice consul of career June 15, 1926; vice consul at Prague [Czech Republic] Mar. 26, 1927; language officer at Paris [France] August 16, 1928.
(Biographic Register 1949)
After their marriage July 1929, Jess and "Gwynn" (as she called him) served in Tallinn [Estonia], Paris [France], Riga [Latvia], Paris again; Beirut [Lebanon], Damascus [Syria], Beirut in addition to duties at Damascus, Athens [Greece], Salonika [today called Thessalonika - Greece], Leopoldville [Zaire], the Dept., Nice [France] and Monaco. (Biographic Register 1949)
June 1953 Foreign Service Journal: Consul General William M. Gwynn, retired FSO, died at his home in Palma de Mallorca, Balearics, Spain on April 2, 1953 after an illness of three months. Mr. Gwynn's last assignment was Consul General at Nice.
(Biographic Register 1949)
After their marriage July 1929, Jess and "Gwynn" (as she called him) served in Tallinn [Estonia], Paris [France], Riga [Latvia], Paris again; Beirut [Lebanon], Damascus [Syria], Beirut in addition to duties at Damascus, Athens [Greece], Salonika [today called Thessalonika - Greece], Leopoldville [Zaire], the Dept., Nice [France] and Monaco. (Biographic Register 1949)
June 1953 Foreign Service Journal: Consul General William M. Gwynn, retired FSO, died at his home in Palma de Mallorca, Balearics, Spain on April 2, 1953 after an illness of three months. Mr. Gwynn's last assignment was Consul General at Nice.
Gravesite Details
His wife, Jess B. Gwynn's garden marker was placed on her husband W. M. Gwynn's marker in Palma de Mallorca. It was photographed there by Eduardo Ortiz Aragón, Jan 2019.
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