Julius C. Holmes

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Julius C. Holmes

AKA Julius Cecil Holmes

Born: 24-Apr-1899
Birthplace: Pleasanton, KS
Died: 15-Jul-1968
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Diplomat

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Ambassador to Iran, 1961-65

Military service: Kansas National Guard (three years); US Army (Intelligence, brigadier general, 1

Resigned from the State Department to become Vice President of the New York World's Fair, in charge of all governmental relations, 1937-40.

Father: James Holmes
Mother: Lou Trussell Holmes
Son:

US Ambassador to Iran (1961-65)
US Consul General in Hong Kong (1959-61)
US State Department Special Asst. to the Secretary of State (1956-59)
US State Department Diplomatic agent & Consul General, Tangier, Morocco (1955-56)
US State Department Special Asst. to the Asst. Secy. for European Affairs (1954-55)
US State Department Minister-Counselor, London, England (1948-54)
US State Department Assistant Secretary for Administration & Personnel (1945)
US State Department Asst. Chief, Division of Protocol & Conferences (1934-37)
US State Department Third Secretary, Bucharest, Romania (1930-34)
US State Department Vice Consul, Tirana, Albania (1929-30)
US State Department Vice Consul, Izmir, Turkey (1926-29)
US State Department Vice Consul, Marseille, France (1925-26)
TWA VP (1945-46)
General Mills South America (1940-42)
Member of the Board of National Tanker Corporation (1945-48)
Conspiracy to defraud US service ships (charges dropped 1954)
Legion of Merit
French Legion of Honor
Commander of the British Empire

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