Background
Cargo, William Ira was born on February 27, 1917 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Ira Wiles and Nina (Lathrop) Cargo.
Cargo, William Ira was born on February 27, 1917 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Ira Wiles and Nina (Lathrop) Cargo.
AB, Albion College, 1937; Doctor of Laws, Albion College, 1963; AM, University of Michigan, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1941; student Russian language, Naval Training School, Boulder, Colorado, 1944-1945; Doctor of Laws, Waynesburg College, 1970.
Instructor political science, University of Michigan, 1941-1942; Instructor political science, Colorado College, 1942-1943; staff, Department State, 1943-1978; staff, Bureau United Nations Affairs, 1946-1953; deputy director office dependent area affairs, Bureau United Nations Affairs, 1952; assigned, National War College, 1953-1954; adviser United States delegations, General Assembly, Trusteeship Council Sessions, 1946-1953; alternate United States representative, United Nations Committee on Non-self-governing Terrs., 1952; United States representative United Nations visiting mission, Trust Terrs. Tanganyika, Italian Somaliland, Ruanda-Urundi, 1951; assigned to, United States Mission to North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European regional organizations in connection with special international trade problems, Paris, 1954-1957; deputy director, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department State, 1957-1958; director, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department State, 1958-1961; deputy United States representative, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 1961-1963; deputy chief of mission, minister-counselor, American embassy, Karachi and Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 1963-1967; deputy United States representative to, North Atlantic Treaty Organization minister, Brussels, 1967-1969; career minister, United States Foreign Service, 1969; director policy planning staff, Department State, Washington, 1969-1973; United States ambassador to, Nepal, 1973-1976; senior inspector, Foreign Service Inspection Corps., Washington, 1976-1978; consultant, Foreign Service Inspection Corps., 1979-1983; adviser United States delegation, United Nations General Assembly, 1957; adviser United States delegation, General Conference of International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1958; alternate United States representative, General Conference of International Atomic Energy Agency, 1961, 62; adviser United States delegate, Conference Discontinuance Nuclear Weapons Tests, Geneva, 1959; vice-chairman United States delegate, Conference to Amend Single Convention Narcotic Drugs, Geneva, 1972.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, Phi Mu Alpha, American Foreign Svc. Association, DACOR.
Married Margaret Grace Ludwig, June 21, 1938. Children: David Paul, Ruth.