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{{Short description|American diplomat (1908–2001)}}
'''Robert Forbes Woodward''' (October 1, 1908 – May 18, 2001) was a [[United States]] [[diplomat]] who focused on [[Latin America – United States relations|U.S. relations with Latin America]].
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = 8th [[Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs]]
| term_start = July 17, 1961
| term_end = March 17, 1962
| preceded = [[Thomas C. Mann]]
| succeeded = [[Edwin M. Martin]]
| birth_date = October 1, 1908
| death_date = May 18, 2001
| birth_place = [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
| education = [[University of Minnesota]] (BA)
| death_place = [[Washington, DC]]
}}
[[File:Robert F. Woodward 1961.jpg|thumb|right|Woodward on July 17, 1961, at his swearing-in ceremony]]
'''Robert Forbes Woodward''' (October 1, 1908 – May 18, 2001) was an American diplomat who focused on [[Latin America – United States relations|U.S. relations with Latin America]]. He served as United States Ambassador to Puerto Rico from 1954 to 1958, Ambassador to Uruguay from 1958 to 1961, and Ambassador to Chile in 1961.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 May 1987 |title=The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR ROBERT F. WOODWARD |url=https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Woodward,%20Robert%20F.1987.toc.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716021900/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Woodward,%20Robert%20F.1987.toc.pdf |archive-date=16 July 2024 |access-date=6 August 2024 |website=Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training}}</ref>
 
==Biography==
Robert F. Woodward was born in [[Minneapolis]] on October 1, 1908. He was educated at the [[University of Minnesota]], receiving a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in 1930.▼
 
Woodward joined the [[United States Foreign Service]] in 1931. As a [[Foreign Service Officer]], he served in [[Winnipeg]] 1932-331932–33; in [[Buenos Aires]] 1933-361933–1936; in [[Bogotá]] 1936-371936–37; and in [[Rio de Janeiro]] 1937-391937–1939. He then returned to work for the [[United States Department of State]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], serving as Assistant Chief of the Division of American Republics 1941-421941–42. He then returned to the field, serving in [[La Paz]] 1943-44; in [[Guatemala]] 1944-451944–45; and in [[Havana]] 1945-471945–1947. From 1947 to 1949, he was back in Washington, D.C., as Deputy Director of the Office of American Republic Affairs. In 1950, he returned to the field with a posting in [[Stockholm]], where he served until 1952. He then returned to Washington to serve as Chief of the Division of Foreign Service Personnel 1952-531952–53 and as Deputy [[Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs]] 1953-541953–54.▼
▲Robert F. Woodward was born in [[Minneapolis]] on October 1, 1908. He was educated at the [[University of Minnesota]], receiving a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in 1930.
 
In 1954, [[President of the United States]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] nominated Woodward as [[United States Ambassador to Costa Rica]]. Woodward presented his credentials on December 3, 1954, and served in this post until March 15, 1958. Eisenhower then appointed him as [[United States Ambassador to Uruguay]] and he held this post from April 21, 1958, through March 29, 1961. (On a sidenote, Ambassador Woodward was a longtime advocate in favor of creation of the [[Inter-American Development Bank]], which was created in 1960.) President [[John F. Kennedy]] then named him [[United States Ambassador to Chile]], though he held this post for only two months, from May 5, 1961, to July 6, 1961.
▲Woodward joined the [[United States Foreign Service]] in 1931. As a [[Foreign Service Officer]], he served in [[Winnipeg]] 1932-33; in [[Buenos Aires]] 1933-36; in [[Bogotá]] 1936-37; and in [[Rio de Janeiro]] 1937-39. He then returned to work for the [[United States Department of State]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], serving as Assistant Chief of the Division of American Republics 1941-42. He then returned to the field, serving in [[La Paz]] 1943-44; in [[Guatemala]] 1944-45; and in [[Havana]] 1945-47. From 1947 to 1949, he was back in Washington, D.C. as Deputy Director of the Office of American Republic Affairs. In 1950, he returned to the field with a posting in [[Stockholm]], where he served until 1952. He then returned to Washington to serve as Chief of the Division of Foreign Service Personnel 1952-53 and as Deputy [[Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs]] 1953-54.
 
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Kennedy next named Woodward [[United States Ambassador to Spain]], with Woodward serving from May 10, 1962, through February 1, 1965. ▼
In the wake of the failed [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]] in April 1961, Kennedy nominated Woodward as [[Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs]] and Woodward held this office from July 17, 1961 through March 17, 1962. As Assistant Secretary led a successful effort to have [[Cuba]] suspended from membership in the [[Organization of American States]]. He was also the architect of the first meeting of the [[Alliance for Progress]], a centerpiece of the [[Kennedy and Latin America|Kennedy Administration's Latin America policy]] post-Bay of Pigs.
 
Woodward retired in 1965. He died of [[heart failure]] at his home in Washington, D.C., on May 18, 2001, at the age of 92.▼
▲Kennedy next named Woodward [[United States Ambassador to Spain]], with Woodward serving from May 10, 1962 through February 1, 1965.
 
▲Woodward retired in 1965. He died of [[heart failure]] at his home in Washington, D.C. on May 18, 2001.
 
==References==
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*[https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/22/world/robert-f-woodward-92-was-envoy-to-latin-america.html Christopher Marquis, "Robert F. Woodward, 92; Was Envoy to Latin America", ''New York Times'', May 22, 2001]
*[http://www.nndb.com/people/123/000130730/ NNDB Profile]
 
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