Background
Donald, George Kenneth was born on November 27, 1890 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Son of Harry Gordon and Kate Lea (Gazzam) Donald.
Donald, George Kenneth was born on November 27, 1890 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Son of Harry Gordon and Kate Lea (Gazzam) Donald.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1912.
Appointed consul at Maracaibo, Venezuela, June 22, 1914. Consul at Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, March-September 1917, Aguascalientes, 1917-1918, Sydney, Nova Scoti, 1918-1919, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1919-1922, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1922-1928. Consul general at Guatemala, 1928-1932, charge d’affaires and 1st secretary, 1932-1933.
Consul general at Saint John's, Newfoundland, 1933-1934.
Consul general at Milan, Italy, 1934-1937, at Southampton, England, 1937-1941, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1941-1945, Saint John's, Newfoundland, 1946-1947, retired 1947.
Married Cherry Hempstead, September 1912. Children: Robert Gordon, Katharine Lea, Richard Hempstead.