Background
O’Shaughnessy, Elim was born on August 3, 1907 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Nelson and Edith (Coues) O’S. (parents American citizens).
O’Shaughnessy, Elim was born on August 3, 1907 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Nelson and Edith (Coues) O’S. (parents American citizens).
Student College de Normandie, 1919-1922, Canterbury School, 1922-1925, Yale, 1925-1926. Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1930.
Foreign service officer, 1937. Served Warsaw, Ooland, 1937-1938. 3d secretary American Embassy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1939-1944.
2d secretary, Paris, France, 1944-1947.
Assistant chief Division Western European Affairs, 1948. Officer in charge French-Iberian Affairs, 1949-1951.
Counselor of Embassy, United States Embassy, Moscow, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1951-1958, Belgrade, 1957-1960, American Embassy London, 1960-1964, charge d’affaires Budapest, Hungary, since 1964.
Clubs: Metropolitan (Washington).
Married Mary Wilson Cutler, October 1957. Children: Elise, Nelson, Sophie.