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Robert F. Woodward

AKA Robert Forbes Woodward

Born: 1-Oct-1908
Birthplace: Minneapolis, MN
Died: 18-May-2001
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: Heart Failure

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

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1954-58

Wife: Virginia Parker Cooke (m. 1943, d. 1990, two children)
Son: Robert Forbes Woodward, Jr.
Daughter: Mary Woodward Truland

    University: BA, University of Minnesota (1930)

    US Ambassador to Spain (1962-65)
    US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1961-62)
    US Ambassador to Chile (1961)
    US Ambassador to Uruguay (1958-61)
    US Ambassador to Costa Rica (1954-58)
    US State Department Deputy Asst. Secy. for Inter-American Affairs (1953-54)
    US State Department Chief, Division of Foreign Service Personnel (1952-53)
    US State Department Counselor, Stockholm, Sweden (1950-52)
    US State Department Deputy Director, Office of American Republic Affairs (1947-49)
    US State Department Counselor, Havana, Cuba (1945-47)
    US State Department Second Secretary, Guatemala (1944-45)
    US State Department Second Secretary & Consul, La Paz, Bolivia (1942-44)
    US State Department Asst. Chief, Division of American Republics (1941-42)
    US State Department Vice Consul, Rio de Janiero, Brazil (1937-39)
    US State Department Third Secretary, Bogota, Colombia (1936-37)
    US State Department Vice Consul, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1933-36)
    US State Department Vice Consul, Winnipeg, Canada (1932-33)


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