Claude Gernade Bowers - People - Department History
Claude Gernade Bowers (1878–1958)
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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: New York
State of Residence: New York
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Spain)
Appointed: April 6, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: June 1, 1933
Termination of Mission: Had final interview February 2, 1939- Bowers was resident during the last part of his Ambassadorship at St. Jean de Luz in France; he left that post on June 14, 1939, his appointment having terminated on May 14, 1939.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Chile)
Appointed: June 22, 1939
Presentation of Credentials: September 7, 1939
Termination of Mission: Left Chile September 2, 1953