Background
Briggs, Ellis Ormsbee was born on December 1, 1899 in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James and Lucy (Hill) Briggs.
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Ellis Ormsbee Briggs
Edit Profilewriter United States ambassador
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1921, Doctor of Laws, 1955. Doctor of Laws, Bowdoin College, 1959, Colby College, 1965, Ricker College, 1965, Nasson College, 1966.
Career
Instructor Robert College, Constantinople, 1921-1923. Contributor articles magazines, 1923-1925. Joined foreign service, 1925, after junior service Peru, Liberia, Cuba, Chile and Washington, appointed ambassador 1945-1962, to Dominican Republic, 1944, to Uruguay, 1947, to Czechoslovakia, 1949, to of Korea, 1952, to Peru, 1955, to Brazil, 1956, to Greece, 1959, to Spain, 1961.
Minister-counselor, Chungking, China, 1945.
Director Office American Republics Affairs, 1945-1947, appointed career ambassador, 1960. Visiting professor University of Southern California Institute International Relations, 1965.
Achievements
Membership
Clubs: Metropolitan, Chevy Chase (Washington).
Connections
Married Lucy Barnard, May 26, 1928. Children: Lucy, Everett.
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Nationality
American -
Political Party
Republican