William J. Sebald | |
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United States Ambassador to Japan | |
In office 1947–1952 | |
President | Harry S. Truman |
Preceded by | Joseph Grew |
Succeeded by | Robert D. Murphy |
United States Ambassador to Burma | |
In office April 25, 1952 – July 15, 1954 | |
President | Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Preceded by | David McK. Key |
Succeeded by | Joseph C. Satterthwaite |
United States Ambassador to Australia | |
In office March 14, 1957 – October 31, 1961 | |
President | Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy |
Preceded by | Douglas M. Moffat |
Succeeded by | William C. Battle |
Personal details | |
Born | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | November 5, 1901
Died | August 10, 1980 Naples, Florida, U.S. | (aged 78)
Spouse | Edith Frances deBecker |
Alma mater | U.S. Naval Academy |
Profession | Lawyer, Diplomat |
William Joseph Sebald (November 5, 1901 – August 10, 1980) was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Burma from April 1952 to July 1954, and to Australia from 1957 to 1961.
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Education and career
Sebald graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1922.[1] Sebald moved to Kobe, Japan in 1925 as part of an officer's language program.[1] Sebald resigned from the Navy in 1930.[2]
In 1933, Sebald earned his juris doctor degree specializing in international law from the University of Maryland.[1][2] He moved back to Japan and practiced law at his father-in-laws firm from 1933 to 1939.[1][2] Sebald also received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Maryland for his study and work in Japanese law in 1949.[2]
Sebald served during World War II with the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) back in the United States starting in 1939.[1] Then he was on the staff of Admiral Ernest King. He was a political adviser to General Douglas MacArthur, with ambassador rank.[2]
Sebald was U.S. Ambassador to Burma (1952–1954), Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1954–1956), and Ambassador to Australia (1957–1961).[1][2]
Sebald retired in 1961.[1]
Personal life and death
Sebald met his wife Edith France deBecker in Kobe, Japan.[1] They were married in 1927.[1] He died from emphysema in Naples, Florida, on August 10, 1980, at the age of 78.[2]
Works
- With MacArthur in Japan: A Personal History of the Occupation, Norton, 1965, ISBN 9780393336764
References
External links
- "Oral History – Sebald, William J. (1901–1980)". U.S. Naval Institute. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- William Joseph Sebald at Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State
- "William J. Sebald and the Occupation of Japan". The Asiatic Society of Japan. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- William J. Sebald Papers, 1887–1980 MS 207 held by Special Collections & Archives, Nimitz Library at the United States Naval Academy