Background
Sanders, William was born on April 14, 1903 in Durango, Mexico. Son of John and Quirina (Olazabal) Sanders.
Sanders, William was born on April 14, 1903 in Durango, Mexico. Son of John and Quirina (Olazabal) Sanders.
Bachelor of Arts, Stanford University, 1928. Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1936. Bachelor of Laws, Columbus University, 1935.
Student University of Oxford, England, 1928-1929.
Manager, agency bureau, metropolitan division postal telegraph International Telephone And Telegraph, New York City, 1929-1932. Admitted to District of Columbia Bar, 1935. Practiced with law firm, 1935-1936.
Chief juridical division Pan-American Union, 1936-1941.
Principal attorney, coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, 1942. Alternate member Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense, Montevideo, 1942-1943, member, 1944-1945.
Associate chief division international organization affairs Office of Special Political Affairs, unites states department State, 1945-1948. Alternate United States representative Council of Organization of American States, 1948.
Special assistant Office of United Nations Affairs, 1948, acting director, 1948.
Director seminar in international law and organization Georgetown University, 1948-1953. Special assistant bureau of United Nations Affairs and acting deputy assistant secretary of state, 1950-1952, appointed foreign service officer, class 1, 1952. Staff director Bureau United Nations Affairs, 1953.
Counselor and deputy chief mission, Santiago, Chile, 1953-1956.
United States representative United Nations Committee Definition Aggression, 1956. Coordinator for United States preparations Conference Law of Sea, Geneva, March 1958.
Assistant secretary-general Organization of American States, 1958-1968. United States representative Inter-American Council Jurists, 1948-1958.
Chairman United States delegation Inter-American Council Jurists, Brazil, 1950, Argentina, 1953, Mexico, 1956.
Vice chairman United States delegation Conference Plenipotentiaries on Law of the Sea, Geneva, 1958. Secretary general 9th Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, 1964, 1st Special Inter-American Conference, 1964. United States delegate to conferences and meetings Organization of American States, United Nations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
President Pan American Development Foundation, 1963-1972.
Member American Bar Association, American Society International Law, International Law Association, American Political Science Association Kappa Sigma. Clubs: Cosmos, Dacor (Washigton).
Married Elizabeth Negley (Scully), September 3, 1935. Children: Quirina Harryette, William Barlow, Jonathan Scully.