Wallace S. Murray

Wallace Smith Murray
United States Ambassador to Iran
In office February 20, 1945 – April 18, 1946
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Leland B. Morris
Succeeded by	George V. Allen
Personal details
Born	March 10, 1887 Bardstown, Kentucky
Died	April 26, 1965
Resting place	Springfield, Ohio
Nationality	American
Spouse	Frances R. Wilde
Parents	John P. Murray (father) Maude Cook (mother)
Education	Sorbonne University University of Paris
Alma mater	Wittenberg University (1909) Harvard University (1913)
Profession	Diplomat
American Legation, Teheran, Persia	Charge d’affaire, 1922
U.S. Department of State	Foreign Service Officer, 1925
Division of Near Eastern Affairs	Assistant Chief, 1927
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1917-1920
42nd Rainbow Division	France, 1917-1919
Adjutant to Military Governor	Ahrweiler, Germany, 1919
Secretary of Legation	Budapest, Hungary, 1920

Wallace Smith Murray (1887–1965) was a Career Foreign Service Officer from Ohio who served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary To Iran (appointed February 20, 1945; Presentation of Credentials: June 5, 1945; Termination of Mission: Left post on April 18, 1946).

Bibliography

• Murray, Wallace Smith (1924). "French A; Grammatical Questions and Sight Translation". Cleveland, Ohio: University Supply and Book Co.

External links

• Memorandum of Conversation, by the Director of the Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs (Murray)